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Canada-based Telesat launched a Lightspeed prototype to low Earth orbit in 2018 on an Indian PSLV rocket.
Telesat expects supply issues have added another $250,000,000 to $500,000,000 on top of Lightspeed's original $5,000,000,000 budget.
Maxar lost a bid to build Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO constellation.
One of Telesat’s ITU filings for the Lightspeed project, relating to 72 satellites, requires 10% of the satellites in assigned orbits by 2023-01-01 and 50% by 2026-01-01.
Telesat reduced the proposed Lightspeed constellation by one third to 198 satellites to stay within a $5,000,000,000 budget.
Telesat plans to start deploying LEO satellites for its Lightspeed constellation in 2025.
Telesat has secured about $3,300,000,000 of the Lightspeed constellation’s anticipated $5,000,000,000 cost.
Telesat selected South Korean antenna maker Intellian on 2022-05-08 to design and supply dual-parabolic reference user terminals for the Lightspeed LEO constellation.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation will consist of 198 satellites with the first satellite scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2025.
Telesat plans to start deploying the Lightspeed constellation to low Earth orbit in 2025.
Telesat downsized its original Lightspeed constellation plans by one third earlier in 2022 due to supply chain issues.
Telesat has been using the Phase 1 satellite to help configure its delayed Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat has secured about $3,300,000,000 of the anticipated $5,000,000,000 cost to build the Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat postponed Lightspeed’s service debut by one year to 2026 due to supply chain issues.
Telesat expects the Lightspeed project to continue to cost $5,000,000,000 despite downsizing the constellation.
Thales Alenia Space encountered supply chain shortages in October that pushed Telesat Lightspeed’s planned debut out by one year to 2026.
Telesat plans to order 188 satellites plus 10 in-orbit spares from Thales Alenia Space for the Telesat Lightspeed network.
Telesat announced separate 2019 contracts with Blue Origin and Relativity Space for an unspecified number of New Glenn and Terran 1 launches for Lightspeed.
Thales Alenia Space was selected in February 2021 to build 298 Lightspeed satellites.
Telesat delayed Lightspeed’s service debut by one year to 2026 due to production delays.