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 (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) and SatixFy have agreed to deploy SatixFy Sx3099 baseband modem equipment for Telesat Lightspeed gateway Earth stations worldwide.
The Department of Defense plans to buy commercial LEO broadband services from OneWeb, Starlink, and Telesat.
Telesat completed its stock-market listing by merging with shareholder Loral Space & Communications and did not raise cash in the listing.
Telesat is seeking the final $2,000,000,000 in debt financing to complete its $5,000,000,000 Lightspeed broadband constellation.
Without an FCC waiver, Telesat must deploy 50% of Lightspeed’s satellites by 2023-11-03.
Isotropic Systems developed an antenna that offers multiple simultaneous connections to satellites in any orbit, including NGSO constellations from SpaceX, OneWeb, SES, and Telesat.
Telesat plans a roughly $5,000,000,000 Lightspeed constellation of 298 satellites to be built by Thales Alenia Space.
Telesat partnered with inflight connectivity specialist Anuvu to develop an antenna for LEO and GEO communications.
Telesat posted a 2% fall in total revenues to 192 million Canadian dollars for the three months to 2021-09-30 compared with the corresponding period in 2020.
Telesat’s adjusted EBITDA fell 1% to 157 million Canadian dollars for the quarter ending 2021-09-30.
Telesat has already received commitments for about two-thirds of Telesat Lightspeed’s projected $5,000,000,000 cost, including about $1,150,000,000 from the Government of Canada.
Telesat expects to start publicly trading shares after completing its merger with Loral Space & Communications on 2021-11-19 following a two-day closing process.
Telesat does not expect to deploy 50% of its currently-authorized satellites prior to the FCC’s 50% deadline of 2023-11-03.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime manufacturer for Telesat Lightspeed under a $3,000,000,000 contract.
Telesat has arrangements covering more than two-thirds of Lightspeed’s projected $5,000,000,000 cost.
Telesat intends to become a publicly listed company before the end of 2021 to support funding for Lightspeed.
The Government of Canada committed about $1,150,000,000 in investment to Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat is investing in a low Earth orbit broadband constellation called Lightspeed that aims to start launching a network of 300 broadband satellites in 2022.
Telesat will use Ciena’s 3926 and 5170 platforms to provide terrestrial connectivity to as many as 50 Earth-based landing stations.
Telesat will use Ciena’s 3926 and 5170 platforms to provide Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)-compliant services at the company’s points of presence (PoPs).