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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The full fleet of 156 Lightspeed satellites is planned to be launched by late 2027.
Telesat has purchased land in Timmins, Ontario to build a Landing Station for the Lightspeed satellite network.
The demonstration test with Telesat's Lightspeed LEO demonstration satellite was conducted at Telesat’s Allan Park teleport near Hannover, Ontario.
Telesat announced that Calian will develop the operational data platform for the Lightspeed network.
Telesat's initial Lightspeed constellation consists of 198 satellites and is planned to start launching in 2026.
Telesat Government Solutions announced that AvL Technologies completed a successful demonstration of their 1.35-meter XY antenna terminal with Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO demonstration satellite.
The contract with Calian expands Telesat's work on the Lightspeed program.
Telesat has tasked Calian Group with designing and deploying the data platform for its Lightspeed constellation.
The data platform will enable secure data exchange between Lightspeed network components and operational and business platforms.
The data platform for Telesat's Lightspeed constellation will support bi-directional, asynchronous data flows.
Telesat previously selected Calian to deliver the element management system (EMS) for the Lightspeed program.
Telesat's Lightspeed fleet will likely consist of 198 satellites.
The cancelled 1,671 satellites were intended to augment the core Lightspeed fleet.
Telesat has solid contracts in place with various Canadian regions for Lightspeed coverage.
Telesat's Lightspeed fleet will comprise about 200 satellites.
The DragonSCALSTM product has already been adopted in the satellite networks of Telesat's 'Lightspeed' and MDA Space's satellite 'AURORA'.
Telesat has contracted 14 launches from SpaceX starting in mid-2026 to deploy all 198 Lightspeed satellites within a year.
Telesat of Canada is developing the Lightspeed LEO constellation.
Anuvu plans to provide capacity from low Earth orbit using satellites that SpaceX is slated to start deploying in mid-2026 for Canadian GEO operator Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat secured government funds in September covering more than half of the $3,500,000,000 Lightspeed cost and plans to use its own equity to finance much of the remaining amount.