Telesat is a Canadian satellite communications company and operator, providing connectivity solutions to telecom, government, and enterprise clients globally. They are currently developing Telesat Lightspeed, a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of 198 satellites designed for high-speed, low-latency broadband services. Telesat partners with companies like MDA Space, Orange, and Intellian for satellite manufacturing, terrestrial infrastructure, and user terminals. The company aims to begin launching satellites in 2026, with the constellation fully operational by 2027.
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Telesat’s 2021 revenues 2021-12-04% compared with 2020 when adjusted for foreign exchange rates.
Intellian’s reference enterprise user terminals are designed to provide Telesat’s most demanding customers with highly reliable, high-throughput access to the Telesat Lightspeed network.
Canadian satellite operator Telesat contracted SatixFy to provide modems for 288 landing station antennas envisioned for the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
Thales Alenia Space encountered pandemic-related supply chain issues that delayed production of Telesat satellites as of 2021-11-05.
Telesat has not yet fully secured the final $2,000,000,000 of the LEO constellation’s total $5,000,000,000 cost.
Telesat and Cobham SATCOM formed a partnership on 2022-02-01 to develop landing stations for Telesat’s LEO network.
Under the agreement, Cobham SATCOM will manufacture, integrate, and install the tracking antennas Telesat needs to land signals from a planned constellation of 298 satellites.
Telesat’s LEO constellation is being designed with optical inter-satellite links to reduce reliance on ground infrastructure for landing traffic.
Telesat no longer expects to be able to deploy half of its planned constellation by 2023-11-03, and will need an extension to meet regulatory commitments with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Telesat expects to obtain regulatory clearances in 2023 to build its first landing station in Canada.
Landing stations that can connect to Telesat’s planned low Earth orbit broadband network will start being built in spring 2023.
The agreement between Telesat and Cobham SATCOM includes an option to deploy more than 30 landing stations if demand requires it.
Cobham SATCOM built the landing station used to test the Telesat Phase 1 prototype that was launched to LEO in January 2018.
Telesat is building the Lightspeed constellation of nearly 300 satellites at an estimated cost of $5,000,000,000.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites is performing subcontracts to Airbus that include work on two satellite buses for the Blackjack LEO constellation under a DARPA contract awarded to Telesat.
Telesat intends to integrate its Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite network into 0.005 kg networks to expand connectivity and enable exports of 0.005 kg technologies to global markets.
Telesat and ENCQOR 0.005 kg will collaborate with industries, academia, and organizations across Canada and internationally.
New COVID-19 variants have contributed to manufacturing delays at satellite manufacturers including Europe’s Thales Alenia Space on Telesat’s $5,000,000,000 Lightspeed broadband network.
DARPA ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies and two buses from Telesat.
Each Telesat Lightspeed landing station antenna will be capable of receiving approximately 6 Gbps on the return link.