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Telesat

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commercialFounded 1969
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The prototype LEO satellite that Surrey Satellite Technology Limited built for Telesat launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: telesatTechnical ProductAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat awarded a similar constellation design contract on 2018-07-30 to a team of Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat LEO will provide multiple terabits per second of Ka-band broadband connectivity.

Mentioned as: Telesat LEOTechnical ProductAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Telesat anticipates selecting a manufacturer for its LEO broadband constellation in mid-2019.

Mentioned as: TelesatTechnical ProductJul 31, 2018Maxar creating new smallsat division as it shrinks SSL

Telesat is testing a prototype satellite from Surrey Satellite Technology Limited that launched in January on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies’ Space Systems Loral division on 2018-07-30 to collaborate on the design of its low Earth orbit broadband satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

The design collaboration positions Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies as a team that could ultimately build Telesat’s 117-satellite system and accompanying ground segment if Telesat makes a manufacturing award in mid-2019.

Mentioned as: TelesatNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Telesat’s planned LEO constellation will offer multiple terabits of secure throughput with latency low enough to rival fiber.

Mentioned as: TelesatTechnical ProductJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Telesat revised its schedule and now plans to have its LEO constellation in service in 2022 instead of 2021.

Mentioned as: TelesatNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

SSL, working with the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory, built one of two prototype LEO satellites for Canadian fleet operator Telesat that was lost in a November Soyuz launch failure.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 24, 2018Maxar considering exiting GEO satellite manufacturing business

Telstar-19 Vantage is the first of two SSL-built satellites that SpaceX is launching for Telesat in the year of the launch.

Mentioned as: TelesatNarrative GeneralJul 22, 2018SpaceX launches Telstar 19 Vantage for Telesat

Telesat is positioning Telstar-19 Vantage at 63 degrees West, the same orbital slot occupied by its seven-year-old Ku-band Telstar-14R satellite.

Mentioned as: TelesatTechnical ProductJul 22, 2018SpaceX launches Telstar 19 Vantage for Telesat

Telesat is preparing a constellation of 117 low-Earth-orbit spacecraft for high-speed broadband service planned for 2022.

Mentioned as: TelesatNarrative GeneralJul 22, 2018SpaceX launches Telstar 19 Vantage for Telesat

SpaceX launched the Telstar 19 Vantage telecom satellite for Telesat on 2018-07-22 using a Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 22, 2018SpaceX launches Telstar 19 Vantage for Telesat

Telesat’s LEO constellation is expected to enter service in 2022.

Mentioned as: TelesatTechnical ProductJul 5, 2018Canada’s LEO constellation fund draws interest from Telesat, MDA

Ontario pledged up to CA$20,000,000 in its 2018 budget to support Telesat’s LEO satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 5, 2018Canada’s LEO constellation fund draws interest from Telesat, MDA

MDA is interested in opportunities to provide components or services for Telesat’s LEO constellation.

Mentioned as: TelesatTechnical ProductJul 5, 2018Canada’s LEO constellation fund draws interest from Telesat, MDA

Telesat has one demonstration satellite already in orbit that was launched 2018-01-12 on India’s PSLV rocket.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 5, 2018Canada’s LEO constellation fund draws interest from Telesat, MDA

Telesat will provide HTS capacity over Asia with Telstar-18 Vantage/Apstar-5C, a satellite shared with APT Satellite of Hong Kong.

Mentioned as: TelesatOrg RelationshipJul 4, 2018Measat to join Asia’s HTS stampede with spacecraft in 2021

Telesat LEO plans to incorporate satellite-to-satellite links on its future constellation.

Mentioned as: Telesat LEOTechnical ProductJul 2, 2018OneWeb says regulatory concerns main reason it’s forgoing inter-satellite links
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