Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Capability Demonstration (AO)

In February 2019, the Canadian Government announced Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) as part of a new National Space Strategy to 'position Canada's commercial space sector to help grow the economy and create the jobs of the future'. The Federal Budget 2019 confirmed that CSA can access up to $150M over five years starting in 2019-20 for LEAP to 'help small and medium-sized enterprises develop new technologies to be used and tested in lunar orbit and on the Moon's surface.'

The objective of this AO is as follows: To support the development of a proto-flight model, and its adaptation, delivery, integration, and launch as a Canadian payload (science and/or technology) with a lunar launch or lander vehicle, which will result in a first attempt for Canada to conduct a basic R&D space demonstration of science and/or technology on the Moon and beyond (lunar surface, lunar orbit, or cis-lunar space), by 2024. These activities will enable selected Canadian organizations to further their basic R&D capabilities with the ultimate purpose of increasing the commercial potential of Canadian organizations, as well as increasing lunar scientific return for Canada.

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