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MDA Space is constructing a new high-volume satellite manufacturing facility in Montreal where the Telesat Lightspeed satellites will be produced.
Telesat has contracted 14 launches from SpaceX starting in mid-2026 to deploy all 198 Lightspeed satellites within a year.
The Telesat Anik series is a fleet of geostationary communications satellites launched for Telesat Canada between 1972 and 2013.
The MDA AURORA™ supply chain will help support product deliveries for Telesat’s LEO satellite constellation Telesat Lightspeed.
Telesat of Canada is developing the Lightspeed LEO constellation.
SpaceX is scheduled to start launching Telesat Lightspeed satellites in mid-2026 for commercial services the following year.
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) and Intellian signed a contract for Intellian to design, supply, install, and integrate 127 Gateway Antenna Systems at Landing Stations for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit constellation.
Telesat plans to deploy and integrate its global terrestrial infrastructure with Telesat Lightspeed space assets to deliver services globally in 2027.
Anuvu plans to provide capacity from low Earth orbit using satellites that SpaceX is slated to start deploying in mid-2026 for Canadian GEO operator Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat secured government funds in September covering more than half of the $3,500,000,000 Lightspeed cost and plans to use its own equity to finance much of the remaining amount.
Telesat ordered 127 gateway antennas from South Korea’s Intellian for its Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband network on 2024-10-23.
Telesat is conducting demonstrations for potential Lightspeed government and enterprise customers with a prototype called LEO 3 that Rocket Lab launched last year.
Telesat has secured government funds covering more than half of the $3,500,000,000 cost of its proposed low Earth orbit Lightspeed broadband constellation.
The Telesat/MDA project will consolidate 650 existing jobs and is expected to create close to 1,000 high-paying jobs in Québec.
An initial order of 198 Telesat Lightspeed satellites powered by MDA AURORA technology will be produced at MDA’s new Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue facility.
Telesat expects to spend as much as 1.4 billion Canadian dollars on the Lightspeed project in the current year.
Telesat’s Lightspeed LEO constellation will be built by MDA in Canada.
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) selected Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY) to design, develop, deliver and deploy the Element Management System (EMS) for the Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite network.
Telesat sold Infosat Communications to Calgary-based Network Innovations in a transaction announced on 2024-09-03.
Network Innovations acquired Able Communications, a Houston-based satellite communications provider primarily serving oil and gas customers, from Telesat in 2017.