All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The Canadian Government signed a $600 million CAD agreement with Telesat for affordable broadband connectivity using a LEO constellation.
Since announcing New Glenn in 2016, Blue Origin has secured commercial customers including Eutelsat, Mu Space, OneWeb, Sky Perfect JSAT, and Telesat.
Governments that subsidize a particular LEO operator, such as the UK for OneWeb and Canada for Telesat, create procurement advantages for those operators when purchasing LEO services.
Telesat received $67,000,000 in Canadian funding for R&D and job creation.
Traditional players like Telesat are consolidating to raise capital for LEO constellations.
Telesat has formed a new public company following the acquisition of SSL.
The top five contenders in the non-GEO satellite market are SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb, SES (mPower), Amazon (Kuiper), and Telesat.
Telesat and Loral Space & Communications announced plans on 2020-11-24 to combine to form Telesat Corp., a Canadian public company.
Loral stockholders not affiliated with the funds managed by MHR Fund Management LLC will beneficially own 26.1 percent of the economic interests in New Telesat.
Telesat expects a public listing to help raise money for its multibillion-dollar, 298-satellite Telesat LEO constellation.
A definitive agreement to combine Loral Space & Communications and Telesat into a new Canadian public company called New Telesat was reached on 2020-11-24.
Telesat U.S. Services plans to build a low-orbit broadband constellation of 298 satellites.
Telesat plans to begin deploying its LEO network starting in 2023.
Telesat was selected by DARPA to deploy two satellites in 2021 to demonstrate optical inter-satellite links in orbit for the Blackjack program.
The International Telecommunication Union requires at least 10% of Telesat’s 298-satellite system to be in orbit by February 2023.
The Government of Canada will pay Telesat CA$600,000,000 (US$460,000,000) over 10 years for subsidized rural broadband services.
Telesat finalized an agreement with the Canadian government on 2020-11-09 to provide subsidized broadband internet services to rural communities in Canada.
Telesat has not yet selected a manufacturer for its LEO satellites and has not started deploying them.
Telesat will start receiving the CA$600,000,000 in funding once the Telesat LEO constellation enters service.
The agreement between Telesat and the Government of Canada provides $600,000,000 CAD in support for Telesat’s LEO satellite constellation.