Telesat Canada: Commercial (Canada), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

19Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Telesat Canada is a commercial company based in Canada, founded in 1969. Our records show 19 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Telesat 0 orbital launches · 4 satellites in orbit Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda. 0 orbital launches · 1 satellite in orbit

In the news

Recent headlines

Telesat lands $1.63 billion Canadian defense contract SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026
Telesat eyes defense role with laser comms test ahead of LEO debut SpaceNews · 25 Mar 2026
Telesat pivots Lightspeed toward defense as delays push global service to 2028 SpaceNews · 17 Mar 2026
Telesat expands Canadian landing station footprint for Lightspeed SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2026
Hanwha exploring South Korean defense constellation with MDA Space and Telesat SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2026
MDA Space partners with Canada defence department and Telesat to deliver next generation military satcom SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026
Canada picks Telesat and MDA to study Arctic military communications constellation SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2025
Telesat eyes December 2026 for Lightspeed pathfinder debut SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2025
Telesat pitches Lightspeed as stopgap to Europe’s IRIS² SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025
Telesat to offer blocks of satellite bandwidth to DoD for Golden Dome SpaceNews · 3 Sep 2025

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This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.