SFL Missions

SFL Missions Inc. builds small satellites, microsatellites and nanosatellites, and supports their launch and operation. Its site, based in Toronto, Canada, describes low-cost, high-performance satellite missions with end-to-end mission design, and states that it has 28 years of custom mission development, 98 operationally successful satellite missions and more than 477 cumulative years of satellite operations in orbit.

Mission types

• Earth observation and surveillance and monitoring
• Communications
• Science and planetary missions
• Technology demonstrations

Featured missions

• GHGSat: in October 2026 SFL confirmed the successful launch and deployment of two greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites, GHGSat-C18 (Eleanor) and GHGSat-C19 (Aidan)
• RADICALS: a space radiation research satellite built on the SFL DEFIANT bus, which spins end-over-end in a near-polar orbit
• HawkEye 360 Clusters 14, 15 and 16, part of a constellation that detects and geolocates RF signals for maritime awareness, emergency response, national security and spectrum analysis

Company

SFL Missions is part of the SFL Group of Companies, founded by Dr. Robert E. Zee, which provides low-cost customised satellite design, production, launch and operation. The group trademark Space Flight Laboratory is used under licence. The company has also set up the SFL Academy of Small Satellite training, and it recruits at university career fairs in Canada.

Events

SFL Missions is listed as a sponsor of Small Satellite Conference 2027 and Silicon Valley Space Week 2026. It is also listed as an exhibitor at SmallSat Europe 2027 and SmallSat Symposium 2027, and its own calendar lists NATO Edge 26 in Izmir, Turkiye, on 17 to 19 November 2026.

Contact

SFL Missions is listed under Space, Manufacturers and is based in Toronto, Canada.
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