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NorthStar Earth & Space
SpaceDefenceMontreal, QC
Delivers commercial space situational awareness services, tracking and predicting the behaviour of objects in orbit from space- and ground-based sensors. Its go-public merger was approved by Viking shareholders in September 2026 and has not yet closed.
Canadian innovation builds a brighter tomorrow.
About
Company site: northstar-data.comDelivers commercial space situational awareness services, tracking and predicting the behaviour of objects in orbit from space- and ground-based sensors. Its go-public merger was approved by Viking shareholders in September 2026 and has not yet closed.
Announced services valued at over CAD$40M over 12 months with the RCAF's 3 Canadian Space Division for sovereign space domain awareness (June 2026). globenewswire.com
Announced a go-public merger with Viking Acquisition Corp. I in April 2026 at a $300M pre-money valuation, to trade on the NYSE as NSTR. globenewswire.com
Closed a CA$20M Series D in December 2023 from Telesystem Space, Investissement Québec, and the Luxembourg Future Fund. northstar-data.com
Viking shareholders approved the business combination on September 2, 2026. The filing states closing remains subject to conditions, including NYSE listing approval, and may not occur. sec.gov
The 2018 C$52M financing included $9.5M from the Strategic Innovation Fund and a $3.5M CED Québec repayable contribution, plus C$13M from Québec. newswire.ca
Receiving advisory services and up to CAD $2 million from NRC IRAP to develop modular advanced-aperture space domain awareness sensors (September 2026). northstar-data.com
Funding & Investors
Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
PIPE, committed with Viking Acquisition Corp. I merger ($30 million; currency not stated; conditional on closing)
Apr 17, 2026
Undisclosedglobenewswire.comInvestors: Cartesian Capital Group (lead)
Shareholder financing
Jul 15, 2024
Undisclosednorthstar-data.comInvestors: Telesystem Space
Series D
Dec 6, 2023
C$20.0Mnorthstar-data.comInvestors: Telesystem Space Inc., Government of Quebec (Investissement Québec), Luxembourg Future Fund – Co-Investments SA
Series C
Jan 5, 2023
US$35.0Mnorthstar-data.comInvestors: Cartesian Capital Group, Telesystem Space Inc., Luxembourg Future Fund – Co-Investments SA, Government of Quebec (Investissement Québec), Luxembourg Space Sector Development Fund SCSp
Financing round (strategic partners with the Governments of Canada and Québec)
Nov 15, 2018
C$52.0Mnewswire.caInvestors: Government of Canada, Government of Quebec, Telesystem Space Inc., Space Alliance (Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space)
Total disclosed: C$72.0M + US$35.0MLatest: PIPE, committed with Viking Acquisition Corp. I merger ($30 million; currency not stated; conditional on closing) · Apr 17, 2026
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab's 'Four Of A Kind' Electron mission launched the first four satellites of NorthStar's SSA constellation (January 2024, from LC-1 New Zealand).
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
LuxIMPULSE (Luxembourg Space Agency with ESA) — SSA commercial products contract
smartEarth (SAMBA biodiversity mapping), Canadian Space Agency — contribution
3 Canadian Space Division, Royal Canadian Air Force — defence services contract for augmented commercial SSA services over 12 months
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — funding for modular advanced-aperture SDA sensors (ceiling stated; see highlight)
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution (wide field-of-view SSA camera)
Space Technology Development Program, Canadian Space Agency — contribution (space object identification)
Funding for Canadian Innovators and Accelerators of DIANA (FCIA-DIANA), National Defence — grant
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Stewart Bain
CEO & Founder
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