Telesat Applauds Government of Canada’s Commitment to Bridging Digital Divide Through Next Generation LEO Satellite Constellations
OTTAWA, CANADA, March 19, 2019 – Telesat applauds the Government of Canada’s commitment to deliver high speed Internet broadband service to all Canadians through leveraging innovative and disruptive technologies, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. Budget 2019 proposes to bridge the digital divide through the expansion of telecommunications infrastructure, including the plan to secure […]
OmniAccess Signs Major Contract for Broadband Service on Telesat’s New LEO Satellite Constellation
OmniAccess becomes first Telesat LEO customer OTTAWA, CANADA and PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN, March 13, 2019 – Telesat and OmniAccess announced today that they have signed a major, multi-year contract for broadband service on Telesat’s revolutionary, global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, which is planned to enter commercial operations in 2022. OmniAccess is a […]
Telesat Reports Results for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2018
Blue Origin’s Powerful New Glenn Rocket to Launch Telesat’s Advanced Global LEO Satellite Constellation
Ottawa, Canada, January 31, 2019 – Telesat and Blue Origin have signed a multi-launch agreement that paves the way for the powerful New Glenn rocket to play a key role in Telesat’s deployment of its global LEO satellite constellation that will deliver fiber-like broadband services anywhere on Earth. Telesat’s LEO program will gain significant cost […]
Telesat Partners with Alphabet’s Loon to Design a Network Operating System for Telesat’s Global LEO Satellite Constellation
Telesat’s LEO program continues to build world-class supplier team Ottawa, Canada and Mountain View, California, USA, January 31, 2019 – Telesat and Loon, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement under which Loon will deliver a network operating system design that Telesat can use to […]
System Requirements Review Completed for Telesat’s LEO Constellation
Ottawa, Canada, January 24, 2019 – Telesat is pleased to announce that the two teams it contracted with last year to develop system designs for Telesat’s global low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation have successfully completed System Requirements Reviews. One of the teams is Airbus Defence and Space. The other is a consortium of Thales […]
Study Confirms Technical Superiority of Telesat’s Global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Constellation
OTTAWA, CANADA, November 29, 2018 – An independent technical study, led by members of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has concluded that the design of Telesat’s global LEO constellation is far more efficient compared to those of OneWeb and SpaceX. The study, which was presented last month […]
DARPA Selects Telesat’s LEO System to Support DARPA’s Blackjack Program
Blackjack is exploring the utility of advanced Low Earth Orbit commercial constellations like Telesat LEO to support DoD’s future communications requirements Ottawa, Canada, November 27, 2018 – DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has awarded a contract to Telesat under which Telesat will undertake investigations that could lead to the Department of Defense (DoD) making […]
Telesat Reports Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2018
Telesat’s New Telstar 18 VANTAGE Satellite Now Operational over Asia Pacific
Ottawa, Canada, October 31, 2018 – Telesat announced today that its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 VANTAGE was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on September 10 and will […]
