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  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/mda.space/provenance.json",
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      ],
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        },
        {
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        },
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        {
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        }
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          "title": "Canadarm3 for NASA's Artemis Gateway",
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        },
        {
          "url": "https://mda.space/space-exploration-and-infrastructure",
          "title": "ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover",
          "outcome": "Building navigation cameras and complete mobility system for ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover, launching 2028"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://mda.space/space-exploration-and-infrastructure",
          "title": "OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu LiDAR",
          "outcome": "Built the LiDAR instrument enabling the first 3D scan of asteroid Bennu"
        }
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        "region": "Ontario",
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        },
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        },
        "summary": "Earth observation satellites (RADARSAT-2, MDA CHORUS) and a global ground-station network delivering radar imagery and geointelligence data for maritime, environmental, and resource applications.",
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          "direct"
        ]
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        },
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        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
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        "name": "Canadarm3",
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        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
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        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Space domain awareness and defence system for protecting satellites and space-enabled missions, combining MDA SKYMAKER robotics and MDA AURORA sensing technologies.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ]
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        "url": "https://mda.space/space-exploration-and-infrastructure",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Proximity Operations Sensors",
        "role": "component_manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "LiDAR and vision sensor systems for spacecraft rendezvous, docking, inspection, landing, navigation, and autonomous operations, flown on the ISS and planetary missions.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
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      "email": "robotics@mda.space",
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      "methods": [
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      ]
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}