MDA Space Missions
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Brampton, Ontario |
Key people | Dan King (Director Business Development ),
Tim Reedman (Director Commercial Systems), Craig Thornton (General Manager) |
Number of employees | 1,900 (2020)  |
| Parent | MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. |
| Website | mdacorporation.com |
MDA's Robotics and Automation is a Canadian manufacturer subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.. It specialized in the manufacture of robotic arms and equipment for space applications, most notably the Canadarm on the space shuttle orbiters, and Canadarm-2 on the International Space Station.
MDA products and services
In addition to design, safety, reliability, and quality assurance engineering services, MDA's previous contracted products include:
- Canadarm
- Canadarm2 for the International Space Station
- RADARSAT-1, the first commercial radar earth observation satellite[citation needed]
- RADARSAT-2, A civilian radar earth observation satellite[citation needed]
- Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator also known as "Dextre" or the "Canada Arm"[1]
- The robotic arm and weather station on Phoenix mission to Mars[citation needed]
References
- ^ CanWest News Service, '"Canada Hand" successfully installed' Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, 15 March 2006
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