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 selected Thales Alenia Space on 2021-02-09 to manufacture 298 satellites for a broadband network in low-Earth orbit.
Telesat signed an agreement in 2019 with Blue Origin for launch services on the New Glenn rocket under a non-exclusive arrangement.
Telesat teamed with Lockheed Martin to study interoperability between Telesat’s LEO constellation and satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the Space Development Agency.
Telesat’s constellation is named Lightspeed and will start offering services in 2023.
Telesat plans to build a constellation of 298 internet satellites in low Earth orbit, each of which will have four optical links.
The Canadian Government signed a $600 million CAD agreement with Telesat for affordable broadband connectivity using a LEO constellation for remote areas.
Loon licensed its network operating system to Telesat to support Telesat’s planned LEO constellation.
The Canadian Government signed a $600 million CAD agreement with Telesat for affordable broadband connectivity using a LEO constellation.
Since announcing New Glenn in 2016, Blue Origin has secured commercial customers including Eutelsat, Mu Space, OneWeb, Sky Perfect JSAT, and Telesat.
Telesat received $67,000,000 in Canadian funding for R&D and job creation.
Traditional players like Telesat are consolidating to raise capital for LEO constellations.
The top five contenders in the non-GEO satellite market are SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb, SES (mPower), Amazon (Kuiper), and Telesat.
Telesat has formed a new public company following the acquisition of SSL.
A definitive agreement to combine Loral Space & Communications and Telesat into a new Canadian public company called New Telesat was reached on 2020-11-24.
Telesat and Loral Space & Communications announced plans on 2020-11-24 to combine to form Telesat Corp., a Canadian public company.
Loral stockholders not affiliated with the funds managed by MHR Fund Management LLC will beneficially own 26.1 percent of the economic interests in New Telesat.
Telesat expects a public listing to help raise money for its multibillion-dollar, 298-satellite Telesat LEO constellation.
Telesat was selected by DARPA to deploy two satellites in 2021 to demonstrate optical inter-satellite links in orbit for the Blackjack program.
Telesat U.S. Services plans to build a low-orbit broadband constellation of 298 satellites.
Telesat plans to begin deploying its LEO network starting in 2023.