News: Telesat
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- Aging Telesat satellite running out of fuel as projected LEO costs soar SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2022 Canada’s Telesat is bracing for a revenue hit in 2023 after being forced to retire its Anik F2 satellite from full service three years earlier than planned.
- Telesat requests UK license to connect Lightspeed terminals SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2022 Telesat has applied for a U.K. license to connect broadband terminals with Lightspeed satellites it plans to start deploying in 2025 to low Earth orbit.
- Telesat tests LEO broadband prototype in India SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 Telesat said May 18 it demonstrated high-speed connectivity in India last month using a four-year-old prototype satellite
- Telesat to order 100 fewer satellites for LEO constellation SpaceNews · 6 May 2022 TAMPA, Fla. — Increasing costs and delays have forced Telesat to downsize plans for 298 low Earth orbit satellites by a third to keep within its $5 billion budget.
- Telesat adjusts polar satellite design to tackle supply issues SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2022 Telesat has upgraded a quarter of its planned low Earth orbit constellation as supply chain issues force it to consider ordering fewer satellites for the delayed broadband network.
- Telesat gets security clearance to serve US government directly SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2022 Canada’s Telesat said April 4 it has gained the security clearances it needs to sell directly to U.S. government customers.
- Telesat mulls downsizing delayed LEO plan as costs mount SpaceNews · 18 Mar 2022 Telesat is considering ordering fewer satellites for its planned low Earth orbit broadband constellation as inflation and supply chain woes drive up the price tag and push out its completion to 2026.
- Telesat Lightspeed aiming to break ground early next year SpaceNews · 1 Feb 2022 Landing stations that can connect to Telesat’s planned low Earth orbit broadband network will start being built in spring 2023, according to an executive for the Canadian satellite operator.
- Telesat goes public in a boost for LEO constellation funding talks SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2021 Satellite operator Telesat started trading as a public company Nov. 19 in the U.S. and Canada, boosting talks with export-credit agencies about funding the rest of its $5 billion Lightspeed broadband constellation.
- DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2021 The military is hungry for low-latency broadband services from the likes of OneWeb, SpaceX, Telesat and Amazon that promise to connect the world via thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit.
- Telesat to become a public company next week amid Lightspeed delay SpaceNews · 10 Nov 2021 Canadian satellite operator Telesat expects to start publicly trading shares next week, broadening potential funding sources for its delayed $5 billion low Earth orbit Lightspeed broadband network.
- Telesat close to completing Lightspeed funding SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2021 Telesat is close to securing all the funds it needs for Lightspeed, after the Canadian government said it would inject more than a billion dollars into the low Earth orbit constellation.
- Ontario’s government invests in Lightspeed constellation SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2021 Telesat has struck a deal with Ontario’s government to partly fund its Lightspeed constellation, which will dedicate some of its satellite capacity to improving connectivity in the Canadian province.
- Telesat unlikely to get a C-band windfall for Lightspeed network SpaceNews · 25 May 2021 Canada’s decision to hold a public auction of C-band spectrum means it is unlikely to be a major funding source for Telesat’s $5 billion Lightspeed satellite constellation.
- Telesat ready to move fast on selling spectrum to fund Lightspeed constellation SpaceNews · 14 May 2021 Telesat could start a spectrum auction to help fund its $5 billion Lightspeed low Earth orbit constellation “in a couple of months” if Canada’s government approves its proposal, according to CEO Dan Goldberg.
- Telesat raising $500 million in debt for Lightspeed broadband network SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2021 Canadian satellite operator Telesat plans to raise $500 million with a bond to help fund its $5 billion Lightspeed broadband constellation.
- Telesat completing financing for Lightspeed constellation SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2021 Telesat expects to finalize the financing for its Lightspeed broadband constellation in the next few months, along with contracts to launch the fleet of nearly 300 satellites.
- Is there still space for export credit agencies? SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2021 Once a critical pillar for supporting commercial space projects around the world, export credit agencies have faded from the limelight in an industry awash with financing alternatives. But as an Indonesian satellite secu...
- Quebec invests in Telesat Lightspeed constellation SpaceNews · 18 Feb 2021 The Quebec government will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($315.5 million) in Telesat’s Lightspeed low-Earth orbit communications network, MDA will produce the constellation’s phased array antennas and prime contrac...
- Thales Alenia selected to build Telesat’s broadband constellation SpaceNews · 9 Feb 2021 Canadian satellite operator Telesat announced Feb. 9 it has selected Thales Alenia Space to manufacture 298 satellites for a broadband network in low-Earth orbit.
- Telesat and Loral to form Canadian public company SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2020 Canadian satellite fleet operator Telesat and Loral Space & Communications announced plans Nov. 24 to combine to form Telesat Corp., a Canadian public company, in a deal expected to close next year.
- Telesat remains optimistic about prospects for LEO constellation SpaceNews · 11 Nov 2020 As SpaceX prepares to extend its Starlink beta test program to Canada, Telesat remains optimistic its broadband low Earth orbit constellation will find enough business to be successful.
- Telesat to announce satellite, launch contracts by year's end SpaceNews · 29 Oct 2020
- Telesat wins DARPA contract to manufacture satellite buses for Blackjack program SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2020
- Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2020
- Maxar backs away from Telesat LEO competition SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2020
- Telesat preparing for mid-2020 constellation manufacturer selection SpaceNews · 1 May 2020
- Telesat sides with SES against Intelsat’s request for more C-band money SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2020
- Telesat’s LEO plan: dedicated satellite factory, bulk launch contracts and a variety of antennas SpaceNews · 9 May 2019
- OneWeb, Intellian partner on terminals • Telesat demos LEO backhaul • Atlas to provide grounds comms for PlanetiQ constellation SpaceNews · 8 May 2019
- Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer SpaceNews · 2 May 2019
- Relativity signs contract with Telesat for launching LEO constellation SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2019
- FIRST UP Satcom | Telesat inks first LEO customer, LeoSat gains customer agreement SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2019
- FIRST UP Satcom | Preston Padden leaves C-Band Alliance • Telesat earnings down SpaceNews · 6 Mar 2019
- Telesat LEO contenders pitch Canadian production to sweeten deal SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2019
- Telesat taps Blue Origin to launch broadband satellite fleet Spaceflight Now · 4 Feb 2019
- Blue Origin to Launch Telesat’s Advanced Global LEO Satellite Constellation Blue Origin · 31 Jan 2019
- Telesat signs New Glenn multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin for LEO missions SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2019
- Telesat wins study contract for DARPA’s experimental constellation SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2018
- FCC Approves SpaceX, Telesat, LeoSat and Kepler Internet Constellations Space.com · 21 Nov 2018