Telesat Reports Results for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2016
NSSLGlobal selects Telesat’s Telstar 12 VANTAGE as award-winning network expands
New beams covering Africa, Mediterranean and Europe REDHILL, SURREY, UK and OTTAWA, CANADA, February 28, 2017 – NSSLGlobal and Telesat today announce a significant expansion in their relationship which sees NSSLGlobal contract a satellite transponder on Telesat’s Telstar 12 VANTAGE satellite. The additional capacity will allow NSSLGlobal to further enhance its VSAT IP@SEA, Cruise-IP and […]
OmniAccess Selects HTS Capacity on Telstar 12 VANTAGE to Bring True Broadband to Caribbean Yachts
OTTAWA, CANADA and PALMA DE MALLORCA, BALEARES, SPAIN, December 15, 2016 – Telesat, a leading global satellite operator, and OmniAccess, a leading supplier of integrated communications solutions to superyachts and cruise ships, today announced a significant expansion in their relationship with OmniAccess contracting for high throughput satellite (HTS) capacity on Telesat’s Telstar 12 VANTAGE satellite […]
Telesat Canada Announces Closing of its Refinancing Transactions
OTTAWA, CANADA, November 17, 2016 –Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat Holdings Inc. (“Telesat Holdings”), today issued US$500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”), which mature on November 17, 2024, pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 17, 2016, by and among Telesat and […]
Telesat Canada Announces Pricing of Notes Offering
OTTAWA, CANADA, November 9, 2016 –Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat Holdings Inc. (“Telesat Holdings”), today announced the pricing of an offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 8.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”) by Telesat and Telesat LLC (together with Telesat, the “Issuers”). This represents a US$250 million decrease from […]
Telesat Canada Announces Proposed Notes Offering
OTTAWA, CANADA, November 2, 2016 –Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat Holdings Inc. (“Telesat Holdings”), today announced that, together with Telesat LLC, as co-issuer, it intends to issue US$750 million of senior notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”). In connection with the proposed offering, Telesat intends to enter into a new credit facility that is […]
Telesat Reports Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2016
Telesat Reports Preliminary Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2016
Services Restored on Telesat’s Anik F2 Satellite
OTTAWA, CANADA, October 3, 2016 – Telesat confirms that, following a technical anomaly that occurred on its Anik F2 satellite yesterday, customer services on Anik F2 were restored early this afternoon. The satellite is performing normally and all of its subsystems appear healthy. Satellite anomalies like the one that affected Telesat’s Anik F2 yesterday are […]
Interruption of Service on Telesat’s Anik F2 Satellite
OTTAWA, CANADA, October 2, 2016 – This evening at approximately 17:00 EDT Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite experienced a technical anomaly that resulted in loss of satellite services to its customers. Telesat is now undertaking to return the satellite to normal operations and will work to restore traffic in an orderly manner to minimize the impact […]