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Telesat plans to start deploying LEO satellites for its Lightspeed constellation in 2025.
Telesat downsized its original Lightspeed constellation plans by one third earlier in 2022 due to supply chain issues.
Ofcom records show Telesat has not reached spectrum coordination agreements with other licensed non-geostationary satellite orbit operators in the United Kingdom.
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 plans to start deploying the Lightspeed constellation to low Earth orbit in 2025.
Ofcom is due to announce a decision on Telesat’s request to connect user terminals under a non-geostationary satellite Earth station network license on 2022-09-12 following a public comment period.
Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation will consist of 198 satellites with the first satellite scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2025.
Telesat has secured about $3,300,000,000 of the Lightspeed constellation’s anticipated $5,000,000,000 cost.
Telesat has been using the Phase 1 satellite to help configure its delayed Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat announced plans to partner with Nelco in September 2020.
Telesat’s Phase 1 satellite was launched to low Earth orbit in January 2018.
Telesat demonstrated high-speed connectivity in India in April 2025 using its four-year-old Phase 1 prototype satellite.
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 Government Solutions intends to partner with Planet Labs PBC to develop a space-based RF terminal hosted on two Earth observation spacecraft.
Telesat Government Solutions received a $30,650,000 Funded Space Act Agreement from NASA for the Communications Services Project.
Telesat has committed to connecting indigenous communities in Canada’s northernmost areas with its planned LEO constellation in return for government funding.
Telesat Government Solutions intends to partner with Planet Labs PBC to develop a space-based RF terminal hosted on two Earth observation spacecraft.
NASA awarded Telesat Government Solutions a $30,650,000 contract for its Communications Services Project (CSP).
Once in orbit, Telesat Government Solutions will demonstrate Ka-band high-throughput transmission from the space-based RF terminals to Telesat-operated satellites flying at a higher altitude.