Space and defence company developing dual-use micro nuclear reactor platforms for Arctic, remote and lunar power, plus a deep-tech R&D arm. Federally incorporated in 2020 as Canadian Space Mining Corporation and renamed in December 2025. No reactor is in service.
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Space and defence company developing dual-use micro nuclear reactor platforms for Arctic, remote and lunar power, plus a deep-tech R&D arm. Federally incorporated in 2020 as Canadian Space Mining Corporation and renamed in December 2025. No reactor is in service.
Federal corporation 1252078-8, incorporated 2020-11-25 as Canadian Space Mining Corporation and amended to Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation on 2025-12-15. ised-isde.canada.ca
Unveiled three nuclear reactor platforms in September 2026 — POLAR-1, JAY-1 and ORCA-1 — covering Arctic, space and research applications. canadiandefencereview.com
States it is targeting first criticality of POLAR-1 by 2028, with fleet-scale deployment envisioned from 2030. Company targets, not achieved milestones. strategicmissions.ca
Received $4.5M from FedDev Ontario in July 2026 to advance its micro-nuclear reactor toward detailed design and a fuelled demonstration. strategicmissions.ca
The Canada Investment Summit pitchbook, per BetaKit, lists CSMC's Micro-Modular Reactor Platform for remote communities and mining as seeking capital and project partners; no amount is published. betakit.com
Products Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Microreactor — in development
Megawatt-scale reactor the company describes as designed to deliver electricity and thermal energy to remote northern, Indigenous, industrial and defence sites. Listed partners: NATO DIANA, NGen, DND and DRDC, FedDev Ontario. Not in service.
Learn moreSpace reactor — in development
Space nuclear reactor the company describes as designed to deliver long-duration power for lunar and future space infrastructure. Listed partner: Canadian Space Agency. Described in press coverage as a concept under development; not in service.
Learn moreResearch reactor — in development
Research reactor the company describes as designed to build Canada's nuclear workforce, expand research capacity and accelerate adoption of micro modular reactor technologies. Listed partners: Emissions Reduction Alberta, University of Alberta. Not in service.
Learn morePublicly announced partnerships.
MOU (May 2026) to collaborate on deploying and operating CSMC micro nuclear reactor technologies using Telesat's Lightspeed LEO satellite network.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
FedDev Ontario — investment to advance micro-nuclear reactor toward detailed design and a fuelled demonstration
Canadian Space Agency — studies to inform future Canadian lunar investments
Emissions Reduction Alberta — Government of Alberta award toward a $10M initiative for an unfueled prototype reactor
NGen Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program — grant toward a $3M initiative moving microreactor technology to factory-based production, with Samuel Automation and Stern Laboratories
DND Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) — LEUNR TRL5 Demonstration Program, to design, build and demonstrate an unfueled prototype. The page states no CSMC-specific amount; the $6.75M it cites is the programme's general phased ceiling
CSMC named POLAR-1, a transportable megawatt-scale microreactor for Arctic communities, defence installations and remote industry; JAY-1, a compact space reactor for lunar bases; and ORCA-1, a research reactor platform. The company says it is retiring its former LEUNR concept name.
FedDev Ontario invested $4.5M to accelerate development of CSMC's micro-nuclear reactor toward detailed design and a fuelled demonstration.
The Canadian Space Agency awarded CSMC $1 million for studies that will inform future Canadian lunar investments.
Telesat and CSMC signed an MOU at CANSEC to collaborate on deploying and operating CSMC's micro nuclear reactor technologies using Telesat's Lightspeed sovereign LEO satellite network.
The Government of Alberta, through Emissions Reduction Alberta, awarded CSMC $5M toward a $10M initiative to build an unfueled prototype reactor, alongside an MOU with the University of Alberta.
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Daniel Sax
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Terms the company uses about its own work.
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