CASTOR was the first in Canada to detect and track nearly 4,000 unique satellites.

CASTOR was the first to design and construct a fully remotely controlled and automated optical satellite tracking facility in Canada.

CASTOR was the first in Canada to find lost Molniya-type orbiting satellites.

CASTOR was the first to officially conceive of using two optical facilities to determine the range of a long range satellite using trigonometric parallax; Read the research paper.

CASTOR is the first privately owned satellite tracking business in Canada.