Transporter 17 Launch Commitment

September 26, 2025

Author: Sydney Macdonald

We are pleased to announce that MARMOTSat has officially committed to launching on SpaceX’s Transporter 17 mission! The mission will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than June 2026, deploying MARMOTSat to a sun synchronous orbit (SSO). The Transporter 17 mission is part of SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program, which allows multiple small satellites to be deployed into orbit from one rocket launch, for a lower cost than one launch per satellite.

By committing to this launch, the team has committed to meeting the requirements for MARMOTSat set by SpaceX and ExoLaunch, who is providing the CubeSat deployer, and having the flight spacecraft completed and tested on time for launch. Our roadmap to launch includes assembling the flight spacecraft in January and finishing environmental testing by March, to be ready for integration in April at the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal and launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in June. We are working hard to make this happen so stay tuned for more updates!