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Telesat’s initial projected Lightspeed program cost was $5,000,000,000 and inflationary pressures are increasing that projected cost.
Telesat delayed Lightspeed’s service debut by one year to 2026 due to production delays.
Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy in February 2021 as prime contractor for the 298-satellite Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat expected to begin launching Lightspeed in 2025 and to enter global commercial service in 2026 if program timelines unfolded as anticipated.
Telesat received commitments for about two-thirds of the Lightspeed network’s projected $5,000,000,000 cost, including about $1,150,000,000 from the Canadian government.
Telesat announced separate 2019 contracts with Blue Origin and Relativity Space for an unspecified number of New Glenn and Terran 1 launches for Lightspeed.
Lightspeed was originally envisioned as a 298-satellite constellation designed to provide 15 terabits per second of capacity worldwide.
Telesat planned to supplement the initial 188 satellites with another 110 satellites to reach the full 298-satellite Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat is building the Lightspeed constellation of nearly 300 satellites at an estimated cost of $5,000,000,000.
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.
OneWeb, Starlink, Gwo Wang, Kuiper, and Lightspeed will represent 58% of the 17,000 satellites to be launched.
OneWeb, Starlink, Gwo Wang, Kuiper, and Lightspeed will account for only 10% of satellite manufacturing and launch revenues.
Without an FCC waiver, Telesat must deploy 50% of Lightspeed’s satellites by 2023-11-03.
Telesat is seeking the final $2,000,000,000 in debt financing to complete its $5,000,000,000 Lightspeed broadband constellation.
Telesat plans a roughly $5,000,000,000 Lightspeed constellation of 298 satellites to be built by Thales Alenia Space.
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.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime manufacturer for Telesat Lightspeed under a $3,000,000,000 contract.
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 has arrangements covering more than two-thirds of Lightspeed’s projected $5,000,000,000 cost.