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Ka-band LEO services being developed by Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Telesat will not be available for the first demonstration but will be tested when available.
Anik F2 is on a lifetime lease from Telesat and operates in the Ka-band after launching in July 2004.
Rocket Lab signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for 2023-07-01.
Once deployed to orbit, LEO 3 will operate under an existing ITU network filing for Telesat Lightspeed, Telesat’s enterprise-class LEO constellation.
LEO 3 is a demonstration satellite intended to provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.
SFL selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing to meet Telesat’s program requirements.
LEO 3 will provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.
Once launched and on-station, LEO 3 will operate under an existing ITU network filing for Telesat Lightspeed.
The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and SFL follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by SFL for HawkEye 360 that launched on the first Electron mission of 2023 in January 2023.
Once deployed to orbit, LEO 3 will operate under an existing ITU network filing for Telesat Lightspeed.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a deal to launch the LEO 3 satellite for Telesat on an Electron mission scheduled for 2023-07-01.
The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and Space Flight Laboratory follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory for HawkEye 360 on an Electron mission in January 2023.
LEO 3 is a demonstration satellite intended to provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.
Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) contracted Space Flight Laboratory to manufacture a low-Earth orbit demonstration satellite for the company.
LEO 3 will provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.
Once launched and on-station, LEO 3 will operate under an existing ITU network filing for Telesat Lightspeed.
Telesat’s first operational demonstrator, LEO 1, was built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and launched in January 2018.
Telesat expects to start deploying Lightspeed satellites around 2026, six years later than originally planned.
Telesat ordered a microsatellite called LEO 3 from Space Flight Laboratory, which is part of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.
Telesat originally ordered LEO 3 in August 2021.