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Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space are competing with Maxar to build the Telesat LEO constellation.
LeoSat formed in 2013 at the start of a wave of low-Earth-orbit constellation activity that included OneWeb, SpaceX, Telesat, and Amazon/Project Kuiper.
SpaceX is competing with Amazon, OneWeb, and Telesat, which are also seeking to deploy hundreds or thousands of satellites for global internet access.
Airbus Defence and Space, Maxar Technologies, and Thales Alenia Space are competing to build Telesat’s LEO broadband constellation after Maxar and Thales Alenia split to compete separately.
Telesat’s current ground infrastructure supports C- and Ku-band frequencies while Telesat’s planned LEO system is being designed for Ka-band.
Telesat anticipates having 200 satellites in orbit in 2022 and 300 satellites in orbit in 2023 for its LEO constellation.
Telesat reported 237 million Canadian dollars in revenue for July, August, and September, a 4% increase from the same period the prior year.
Telesat will likely choose the winner of a three-way race to build its low Earth orbit broadband constellation in the first few months of 2020.
The contract to build Telesat’s LEO broadband constellation is estimated at about $3,000,000,000.
Telesat reported a net loss of 123 million Canadian dollars for the July–September quarter, compared with a profit of 117 million Canadian dollars for the same quarter in 2018.
L3Harris received a $5,600,000 contract to test military ground terminals and make modifications for compatibility with O3B, Starlink, and Telesat services.
The C-Band Alliance (Intelsat, SES, and Telesat) offered 300 megahertz of satellite spectrum to cellular operators for 0.005 kg services on 2019-10-28.
Telesat planned to decide by the end of the year which contractor would build some or all of its 300-satellite constellation.
Maxar continues to work closely with Telesat on its future architecture plans and continues to make progress on the Telesat LEO program.
Telesat originally planned to select a manufacturer in 2018 and start commercial service in 2021.
Telesat Canada paid off $500,000,000 of senior notes that carried an 8.875% interest rate five years early.
Telesat Canada raised $550,000,000 in new senior notes this fall and used the proceeds to pay off older debt.
The new $550,000,000 in senior notes issued by Telesat Canada carries a 6.5% interest rate and is not due until October 2027.
Telesat Canada plans monthly launches for its broadband constellation to reach 300 satellites in 2023.
Relativity announced customer agreements to support Telesat’s LEO constellation, to launch mu Space’s first LEO satellite, and to launch Spaceflight Industries’ dedicated smallsat rideshares.