Telesat announced its third-quarter results on Nov. 4.

Telesat intends Lightspeed to differentiate itself from SpaceX Starlink.

Telesat is presenting Lightspeed as part of Canadian sovereignty and defense solutions amid emerging global competitors such as Blue Origin’s TeraWave network.

The September equity distribution allocated 62% of Telesat’s equity of Telesat Lightspeed to an indirect subsidiary of Telesat Corporation owned by parent entities of Telesat.

Quebec’s Telesat Lightspeed landing station is expected to be completed in Q3.

Telesat designed the geographic spread of its three ground stations to provide resiliency, performance, and sovereignty benefits.

Telesat is positioning Lightspeed to serve government and institutional customers rather than consumer-focused markets.

Allegations in the lawsuits regarding the Telesat Lightspeed equity distribution have not been proven in court.

The two Saskatchewan Telesat Lightspeed landing stations are expected to be ready around the end of 2026.

Telesat bought land in Estevan, Saskatchewan for a new Lightspeed landing station.

Telesat is preparing for the first Telesat Lightspeed launch as soon as December.

MEEVA collaborated three times successfully with the Asclepios project.

MEEVA reached a major milestone this year.

MEEVA is an acronym for Medical Equipment for ExtraVehicular Activities.

IonQ signed a collaboration agreement with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) on SEQCURE.

The resulting SEQCURE architecture standards will guide trusted integration across federal agencies.

SEQCURE stands for Securing Experimental Quantum Computing Usage in Research Environments.

IonQ announced the collaboration with ARLIS on March 10.

The zero trust architecture framework will cover hardware, software, data, and cloud environments for quantum technologies.

The SEQCURE collaboration intends to analyze existing commercial quantum computing security practices to understand what it would take to deploy zero trust architecture to future quantum computers.

Niccolo de Masi is chairman and CEO of IonQ.

SEQCURE is sponsored by the Secretary of the Air Force’s Concepts, Development, and Management Office.

IonQ will assist ARLIS in defining a zero trust architecture framework based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards.

Telesat plans its first Telesat Lightspeed satellite launch in December.

Telesat has acquired land in Estevan, Saskatchewan and in Papineauville, Quebec, and has leased land in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan.

Dan Goldberg is Telesat’s CEO.

The Estevan, Papineauville, and Shaunavon sites will host new landing stations that will route data between the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit satellite network and major fiber and internet exchange points.

Intellian is under contract to build all of the gateway antennas for Telesat Lightspeed under a 2024 deal.

The Quebec landing station is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026 and the Saskatchewan sites are expected to be completed by year-end 2026.

Telesat plans to build four teleports in Canada and additional landing station locations in the United States, Latin America, and Asia.

Asit Tandon is Telesat’s chief network and information officer.

Telesat Lightspeed is a Low Earth Orbit satellite network.

Telesat operates a teleport in Mount Jackson, Virginia.

Safran Space manufactured the new optical ground station for SSC Space.

The new optical ground station will enable free-space laser communication between satellites and the ground.

SSC Space disclosed the new optical ground station on March 10.

SSC Space is bringing a new optical ground station into service at its site in Santiago, Chile.

The new station is part of the SSC Space optical service development project NODES within the European Space Agency’s Optical and Quantum Communications – ScyLight program.

The optical ground station will offer narrow, directed beams that are difficult to intercept or jam and that are resilient to interference and cross-talk.

Hanna Sundberg is the optical program manager at SSC Space.

The optical ground station will have multi-mission capability and bi-directional communications throughout 2026 with integrated modems supporting CCSDS and Space Development Agency standards.

The optical ground station complements traditional radio frequency links with laser-based optical links offering data rates up to 10 Gbit/s.

IEG has engaged with the National Research Council (CNR) and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) regarding BEX.

BEX aims to position Italy at the center of the international debate on space and to become a European reference point where industry, research, institutions, and new sectors shape the space economy.

BEX is an international expo-conference dedicated to the Space Economy and the convergence between the space industry and terrestrial industries.

BEX – Beyond Exploration will hold its first edition from 23 to 25 September 2026 at Fiera di Rimini.

BEX – Beyond Exploration is promoted by IEG – Italian Exhibition Group.

BEX will cover the full space value chain from componentry and launch systems to orbital stations (upstream) and data-based services for agriculture, mobility, energy, and security (downstream).

BEX will focus attention on the development of autonomous multidomain systems spanning space, aeronautics, subaqueous, and terrestrial domains.

BEX will feature the Casa dell'Astronauta project, which applies fundamental life-support functions from space—sleep, food, exercise, medical care, and clothing—as drivers of industrial innovation.