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Mission Control Space Services
SpaceAIOttawa, ON
Develops flight and ground software for space robotics and autonomy - the Spacefarer operations platform and Spacefarer AI for onboard machine learning - and builds lunar rovers for agency and commercial missions.
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About
Company site: missioncontrolspace.comDevelops flight and ground software for space robotics and autonomy - the Spacefarer operations platform and Spacefarer AI for onboard machine learning - and builds lunar rovers for agency and commercial missions.
Awarded $4.7M by the Canadian Space Agency to lead an 18-month first phase of Canada's Lunar Utility Rover, heading a consortium with Rheinmetall, Magellan and Kinova (July 2025). missioncontrolspace.com
Ran Mission Persistence, a year-long CSA-funded demonstration of deep-learning AI aboard a Spire Lemur cubesat, testing over-the-air model updates in orbit. missioncontrolspace.com
Selected in December 2025 to supply Persistence satellite data to NASA JPL's Federated Autonomous MEasurement autonomy demonstration. missioncontrolspace.com
Closed an initial $2.4M of a seed round led by GreenSky Ventures in 2023, against a $3.25M target. betakit.com
Products & Services
Company site: missioncontrolspace.comProducts Mission Control Space Services publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Spacefarer AI
Spaceflight autonomy
In development to streamline how AI can be deployed and trusted for spaceflight.
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Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Seed (initial close)
Sep 7, 2023
C$2.4Mbetakit.comInvestors: GreenSky Ventures
Total disclosed: C$2.4MLatest: Seed (initial close) · Sep 7, 2023
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Rheinmetall (via Provectus Robotics Solutions)
Contributing its PATH autonomy software to the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem of Canada's Lunar Utility Rover consortium led by Mission Control.
Magellan Aerospace
Selected to develop concepts for the Lunar Utility Rover's power systems, thermal management, flight computer and flight software.
Kinova
Leading development of the Lunar Utility Rover's robotic manipulator system, defining requirements and developing arm concepts for lunar operations.
MDA Space
Sponsors Mission Control's Rover Driving Academy, letting Canadian students in grades 6-9 remotely operate a lunar rover prototype using Spacefarer software.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Canadian Space Agency LEAP - Canadian Lunar Utility Rover, first phase lead
Canadian Space Agency smartEarth -- Onboard Satellite Detection for Real-Time Wildfire Response (FireBAN)
Canadian Space Agency STDP-A09 -- generative AI co-pilot for mission operators
Canadian Space Agency -- iSPI+ autonomous lunar science instrument for the Canadian Lunar Utility Rover (Phase 0 study award; up to $2M total)
Recent News
View all news- Jul 8, 2026Partnership
Rheinmetall's autonomous technology for Canadian lunar rover project
Rheinmetall (via Provectus Robotics Solutions) is contributing its PATH autonomy software to the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem of the Mission Control-led lunar rover consortium.
- Apr 13, 2026Partnership
Magellan to contribute critical system concepts for Canada's Lunar Utility Rover
Magellan Aerospace will design concepts for the rover's power systems, thermal management, flight computer and flight software.
- Mar 20, 2026Partnership
Kinova Joins Mission Control-Led Consortium for Robotic Manipulation
Kinova will define requirements and develop robotic-arm concepts for a manipulator adapted to lunar operations on Canada's Lunar Utility Rover.
- Dec 17, 2025Government
I Spy Innovation
CSA contract of up to $2M (Phase 0 award of $800,000) for iSPI+, an autonomous lunar science instrument combining thermal-infrared sensing with AI-powered target prioritization for the Canadian Lunar Utility Rover.
- Oct 22, 2025Government
Mission Control awarded contribution under the STDP-A09
CSA support to develop a generative-AI enabled co-pilot capable of analyzing mission data, searching archives and assisting with mission planning for spacecraft operators.
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Ewan Reid
Founder & CEO
Michele Faragalli
Chief Technology Officer
Technology Focus
Company site: missioncontrolspace.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Spacecraft flight softwareOnboard AIMission operations softwarePlanetary roversAutonomy and GNCLunar surface operations
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