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Telesat does not expect to deploy 50% of its currently-authorized satellites prior to the FCC’s 50% deadline of 2023-11-03.
Telesat expects to start publicly trading shares after completing its merger with Loral Space & Communications on 2021-11-19 following a two-day closing process.
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.
Telesat posted a 2% fall in total revenues to 192 million Canadian dollars for the three months to 2021-09-30 compared with the corresponding period in 2020.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime manufacturer for Telesat Lightspeed under a $3,000,000,000 contract.
Telesat’s adjusted EBITDA fell 1% to 157 million Canadian dollars for the quarter ending 2021-09-30.
Telesat has arrangements covering more than two-thirds of Lightspeed’s projected $5,000,000,000 cost.
Telesat intends to become a publicly listed company before the end of 2021 to support funding for Lightspeed.
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.
The Government of Canada committed about $1,150,000,000 in investment to Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.
Telesat will use Ciena’s 3926 and 5170 platforms to provide terrestrial connectivity to as many as 50 Earth-based landing stations.
Telesat will use Ciena’s 3926 and 5170 platforms to provide Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)-compliant services at the company’s points of presence (PoPs).
Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space to build its broadband low Earth orbit constellation in 2022.
Maxar partnered with Thales Alenia Space in 2018 on a proposal to build Telesat’s broadband low Earth orbit constellation, but Thales Alenia and Maxar later split and pursued separate bids.
DARPA ordered 10 satellite buses for Blackjack from Blue Canyon Technologies and two satellite buses from Telesat.
DARPA has ordered two satellite buses from Telesat for the Blackjack program.
The report provides an update on Non-Geostationary Orbit Satellite (NGSO) systems, including the SpaceX Starlink constellation, Telesat, and OneWeb.
Telesat committed to spending 50% of the cost to deploy a second-generation Lightspeed constellation in Canada, or 2.6 billion Canadian dollars if that amount is lower.
Telesat values the Lightspeed program at $5,000,000,000, or 6.3 billion Canadian dollars.
The Government of Canada will invest 1.44 billion Canadian dollars in Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation.