Canadensys (formally Canadensys Aerospace Corporation) is a space systems and

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development company in

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. Canadensys has a focus on micro- and nano-space technologies with 'smart' vehicle designs for planetary, orbital and terrestrial environments. It was founded in 2013.

International Lunar Observatory

Canadensys provides technology support for the

International Lunar Observatory The International Lunar Observatory (ILO) is a private scientific and commercial lunar mission by the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA Hawai'i) of Kamuela, Hawaii to place a permanent observatory near the South Pole of the Moon t ...

ILO-X and ILO-1

space telescope A space telescope (also known as space observatory) is a telescope in outer space used to observe astronomical objects. Suggested by Lyman Spitzer in 1946, the first operational telescopes were the American Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, OAO ...

ispace Mission 1

With support from the

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, Canadensys provided a camera capable of taking 360-degree images for the first

ispace iSpace or i-Space may refer to: * i-Space (Chinese company), a private Chinese rocket manufacturer company * ispace Inc., a publicly traded Japanese lunar exploration company * I-Space (conceptual framework), a method to classify various types of ...

mission.

IM-1

ILO-X is a telescope currently on the lunar surface as part of the Intuitive Machines

IM-1 IM-1 was a robotic Moon landing mission conducted by Intuitive Machines (IM) in February 2024 using a Intuitive Machines Nova-C, Nova-C lunar lander. After contact with the lunar surface on February 22 the lander tipped to an unplanned 30 de ...

lunar lander mission.

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