Parabolic Arc: NORTH BAY, Ont., June 26, 2014 (S3 PR) —Swiss Space Systems Holding SA (S3) announced today in the presence of local authorities and dignitaries its partnership with the City of North Bay and Canadore College. This partnership will enable S3 to initiate several technical activities from this Canadian region, a highly interesting zone, because of […] SOAR spaceplane atop an A-300. (Credit: S3) NORTH BAY, Ont., June 26, 2014 (S3 PR) —Swiss Space Systems Holding SA (S3) announced today in the presence of local authorities and dignitaries its partnership with the City of North Bay and Canadore College. This partnership will enable S3 to initiate several technical activities from this Canadian region, a highly interesting zone, because of its geographic situation and its large available test flight corridors. The first operations to be conducted from the North Bay Jack Garland Airport (YYB) will be drop tests and mock-up test flights of the SOAR shuttle, a reusable suborbital rocket-powered vehicle designed to orbit satellites of up to 250kg. This campaign will begin in 2014 and will extend throughout the 2015 academic year. Initially, the small-scale shuttle mock-up, including its drone systems, will be captive-carried by a helicopter. In a second phase, ...