Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage and growth-stage investments across various sectors, including enterprise, fintech, consumer, and healthcare. While not exclusively focused on space, Lightspeed has demonstrated interest in the space industry through investments in companies like Vector, a revolutionary launch platform for small satellites. The firm manages approximately $25 billion in assets and has offices in multiple locations including Menlo Park, California, and internationally.
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Telesat is reallocating 25% of its spectrum capacity to add military Ka-Band to its Lightspeed LEO constellation.
Telesat will incorporate Military Ka-band spectrum into the Lightspeed network.
Telesat invested $171 million into the Lightspeed program in the first quarter of 2026.
Hanwha Systems’ agreements with MDA Space and Telesat explore technical integrations with MDA’s AURORA software-defined satellites and Telesat’s Lightspeed network.
Telesat is building out its Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation is designed with resiliency and redundancy.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation creates more attack surfaces, interfaces, and software than earlier satellite systems.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation is planned to use 198 satellites.
Telesat has secured government-backed financing for its Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation is expected to enter service in 2028.
Viasat partnered with Telesat’s Lightspeed low Earth orbit constellation in 2025.
Northwestel will use the Canadian government’s dedicated Lightspeed capacity pool to offer broadband plans with at least 50 Mbps download speeds, 10 Mbps upload speeds, and unlimited monthly usage.
Northwestel has signed a multi-year contract for capacity from Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation to provide broadband services.
The dedicated Lightspeed capacity pool for Canada was introduced in 2020 as part of a CA$600 million agreement for internet service providers and mobile network operators to access capacity for eligible rural and Indigenous communities in Canada.
Telesat pushed Lightspeed’s full global commercial service to the first quarter of 2028 because of readiness delays with custom SatixFy ASIC chips powering the onboard processors.
Telesat shares rose 19.5 percent on the Toronto Stock Exchange after the Lightspeed pivot was disclosed.
The modification of Lightspeed swapped 25 percent of Telesat’s commercial user-link capacity for adjacent Mil-Ka frequencies.
Telesat is adding military Ka-band spectrum to 156 satellites in its Lightspeed low-Earth orbit constellation for defense and sovereignty programs.
Military Ka-band will represent 25% of the Lightspeed constellation’s capacity.
Telesat is carving out 500 megahertz of military Ka-band spectrum across its initial 156 Lightspeed satellites.