Dutch rocket builder T-Minus Engineering has signed an agreement with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services to carry out two rocket launches from Spaceport Nova Scotia in October.

Founded in 2011, T-Minus develops and operates a range of suborbital rockets for microgravity and hypersonic experimentation. In May 2022, during ESA’s PAC Symposium in Biarritz, France, the company unveiled its most powerful suborbital rocket to date, the Barracuda. The rocket stands approximately four metres tall and can carry payloads of up to 40 kilograms to altitudes of around 120 kilometres.

On 3 June 2023, Maritime Launch Services, a Canadian commercial launch facility operator, announced that it had signed an agreement with T-Minus Engineering for the launch of two Barracuda rockets. According to the press release, the two launches will carry various scientific and educational payloads for several customers, whose names were not disclosed. The launches are expected to take place from Spaceport Nova Scotia in October 2025.