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Navdeep Bains expressed a preference for Telesat’s LEO satellites to be built in Canada, and Telesat’s manufacturing contenders have offered to build the satellites in Canada.
The Canadian government is investing 85 million Canadian dollars ($64,700,000) into research and development for Telesat’s broadband satellite constellation.
The partnership between Telesat and the Canadian government is estimated to generate 1.2 billion Canadian dollars ($913,000,000) over 10 years.
Telesat plans to begin offering regional service that will include Canada in 2022 and to begin global service in 2023.
The Canadian government has agreed to spend up to 600 million Canadian dollars ($456,600,000) more on capacity for Telesat’s broadband satellite constellation.
Telesat LEO will at a minimum match the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s target broadband speeds of 50 megabits per second downlink and 10 megabits per second uplink and will eventually reach gigabit speeds.
Telesat will invest 215 million Canadian dollars over the next five years into research and development for its LEO constellation.
Airbus Defence and Space and a consortium led by Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space view the Telesat LEO contract as a $3,000,000,000 opportunity.
Telesat is planning a constellation of 300 satellites and anticipates choosing a manufacturer 2019.
Telesat is working with manufacturing partners to finalize a low Earth orbit broadband constellation design.
Telesat plans a 300-satellite constellation estimated to provide 8 terabits of useful capacity.
Telesat is working with numerous companies, including startups, to develop low-cost flat panel antennas.
Telesat wants to have 300 satellites in orbit in 2023 about six to eight months after reaching 200 satellites.
Telesat wants a production rate of 20 to 25 satellites per month to support a monthly launch cadence ahead of a target service-start date at the end of 2022 with around 200 satellites.
Telesat expects the company that builds its low Earth orbit broadband satellite constellation to set up a dedicated factory capable of producing 20 to 25 satellites a month.
Airbus Defence and Space completed a study contract for Telesat LEO and is a prospective manufacturer for the program.
Telesat is designing its LEO satellites to operate for at least 10 years.
Telesat will launch its first 200 satellites to polar orbits and will then launch satellites to inclined orbits, with the next 100 satellites filling out global coverage.
Airbus Defence and Space and the Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team are expected to submit bids to Telesat this summer for a manufacturing contract estimated at $3,000,000,000.
Telesat LEO satellites will rely on much less hardware than previous generations of satellites and will feature software-defined payloads with software-defined radios and an inflight router implemented in software.