-- MDA Space (MDA.TO) overnight Sunday announced MDA MIDNIGHT, a space control platform for defence organizations to defend and protect the space domain.
In a statement the company noted that, MDA MIDNIGHT is a maneuverable spacecraft that employs "high-reliability rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO)" to detect, identify, counter and deter threats to critical space assets and orbits.
The company further said that the spacecraft can also be used to augment existing military missions through on-orbit surveillance, asset relocation and satellite refueling.
The company added that MDA MIDNIGHT also leverages recent advancements and investments in the company's "diverse product suite," including MDA SKYMAKER commercial robotics and MDA AURORA satellite bus platform.
"With new and emerging threats from adversaries, the critical space infrastructure that we all depend on requires greater protection," said Mike Greenley, chief executive of MDA Space.
"Backed by 40 years of on-orbit robotics operations, decades of mission planning and satellite operations, advanced digital technologies and our high-volume commercial production capacity, MDA MIDNIGHT brings together the elements required for this critical mission, helping national and international defence organizations safeguard the space domain on which billions rely."