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Telesat aims to begin deploying its low-Earth-orbit Lightspeed constellation in mid-2026.
Telesat uses Ka-band for its constellations to provide global high-speed broadband internet connectivity.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated he would launch satellites for competitors like OneWeb, Telesat, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper.
Companies developing broadband constellations that will compete with Starlink, including Amazon and Telesat, have signed Falcon 9 launch contracts.
Telesat operates a geostationary orbit (GEO) constellation and plans to begin launching an NGSO network called Lightspeed in 2026.
The Phase 2 award follows a Phase 1 contract awarded to Telesat Government Solutions in August 2022 for work on Space-BACN Technical Area 3.
Telesat Government Solutions was awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program.
The Phase 2 award to Telesat Government Solutions is a follow-on to a Phase 1 contract awarded to Telesat Government Solutions in August 2022 for work on Space-BACN Technical Area 3.
Telesat Government Solutions was awarded the Phase 2 contract of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node program.
Telesat is a GEO operator that plans to start deploying an NGSO network in 2026.
Telesat aims to start deploying the 198 750-kilogram satellites for Lightspeed in mid-2026.
Telesat became the anchor customer for MDA’s latest satellite platform after abandoning plans to procure Lightspeed satellites from Thales Alenia Space, which Telesat determined would have cost $2,000,000,000 more.
Telesat Lightspeed’s onboard digital beamforming, integrated data processing, and optical inter-satellite links are intended to deliver better link performance, increased network efficiency, and enhanced flexibility to focus and dynamically deliver reliable capacity to customers.
Telesat raised enough money in August to establish a mesh network in space with an initial Lightspeed constellation of 156 satellites.
On 2023-11-14, Telesat selected Aalyria Technologies to orchestrate communications for its Lightspeed low-Earth orbit broadband network.
Telesat is a Canadian geostationary operator that is planning to deploy commercial low Earth orbit broadband satellites in 2026.
Planet Labs PBC was selected as a subcontractor by SES Space & Defense and Telesat Government Solutions in late 2022 to demonstrate real-time space-to-space connectivity solutions from Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to in-space communication satellites operated by SES and Telesat.
Telesat expects the Lightspeed constellation to be $2,000,000,000 cheaper with MDA compared with earlier plans.
Telesat booked SpaceX for 14 launches between mid-2026 and mid-2027 to fully deploy the 198 satellites Lightspeed needs for global coverage.
Telesat previously had launch contracts for Lightspeed with Blue Origin and Relativity Space before contracting 14 Falcon 9 launches with SpaceX.