Opening Remarks

• Welcome and housekeeping
• Setting the context and framing the session

Why medium lift is important for Canada?

• Space launches are hard. Lessons learned from UK (Melissa Quinn, MLS)

Fan out for Lunch

Participants pickup lunch and head to breakout rooms.

Breakout 1 — Identifying Binding Constraints at Medium-Lift Scale

1. Propulsion & engine systems
2. Structures, materials & mass fraction
3. Avionics, GNC & autonomy
4. Scaling up challenges: Corporate maturity,
Manufacturing, test & qualification

Move to Plenary

Scene-Setting 2: Where Medium-Lift Needs to Go

• The economics of space launch and what
the sweet spot for Canada is? (Neil
Woodcock, Polaris)

Plenary: Barrier Read-Out & Prioritization

• Presentations from each breakout session
on their key takeaways

Fan out for sessions

• Participants head to breakout rooms.

Breakout 2: From Technical Constraints to Program Design Principles

1. Constraints & exclusions
2. Ecosystem roles & authority (integrators,
suppliers, academia, government)
3. Time & phasing realism
4. Sustainability & government coordination

Synthesis Coffee Break

• Health break. Participants pick up coffee/tea
and head back to plenary room.

Plenary: From Barriers to Program Design Principles

• Presentations from each breakout session
on their key takeaways.

Close & Next Steps