CANADENSYS WORKING WITH KSAT FOR CANADA’S FIRST LUNAR ROVER

[Toronto, 15 September 2025] – Canadensys Aerospace is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the International Lunar Observatory Association to design and build the instrument suite for ILOA’s flagship ILO-1 mission. The ILO-1 is a ground-breaking Observatory which will be deployed near the lunar south pole to image the Galaxy centre, the celestial sky, and the Earth and Moon surface, and to communicate these images back to Earth. The observatory will be designed to survive lunar night, and will operate on the lunar surface for at least one year. The mission is set to begin operations on the Moon in 2027.

Steve Durst, Director of ILOA, stated “Following Canadensys’ successful design and build of our precursor ILO-X observatory, which landed on the Moon in 2024, we are pleased now to select Canadensys to design and build the instrument suite for our flagship ILO-1 mission, for observation and communication, including Space Calendar, from the Moon.”

Christian Sallaberger, President & CEO of Canadensys Aerospace, responded “We are honoured and humbled to be selected by ILOA for this work and to play our role in making the visionary ILO-1 Observatory a reality. ILOA is doing fantastic work, and our entire team is enthusiastic to keep working with our friends at ILOA.”

Canadensys is a space exploration company.  Our efforts sending scientific instruments to the Moon, building Canada’s first lunar rover (for scientific exploration), developing a large Lunar Utility Vehicle as part of the Artemis program, developing off-world mining equipment, building lunar greenhouses, and being a key supplier to various international commercial exploration missions, are helping open up space exploration for humanity.  The ILO-1 mission is aligned with our vision for long-term human exploration and presence beyond Earth’s orbit.

About Canadensys Aerospace:

Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is an innovative space systems company, serving customers around the world. We blend our advanced space hardware capabilities with smart, ruggedized designs to develop unique solutions for planetary, orbital and terrestrial environments. Our modern, commercial business approach enables effective space program and mission development for both commercial and government customers.