Beyond Gravity, a Swiss space industry supplier, has been selected by MDA Space as part of its supply chain for MDA Aurora, the companies software-defined digital satellite product line.

In a press release, Beyond Gravity said it “will provide 252 ‘constellation On-Board Computers (cOBCs)’ with integrated navigation receivers and antennas for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations.”

Beyond Gravity will begin providing the cOBCs this year and they will be used in Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation. According to Beyond Gravity, “the cOBC provides satellite command & control, reconfiguration and precise GNSS satellite positioning in combination with the provided GNSS antennas.”

Oliver Grassmann, Executive Vice President of Satellites Division at Beyond Gravity said, “We are very excited to collaborate with MDA Space on the development of MDA Aurora and to play an important role in the visionary Telesat Lightspeed mission.”

The Lighspeed constellation is still slated to launch in 2026 according to Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg who recently provided an update during the companies quarterly results and analyst call.

In that call, Dan Goldberg also said Telesat expects to make a significant announcement by the end of the summer. That announcement has to do with finalizing government funding for the Lightspeed constellation. Should the funding finally be finalized, it would set the stage for production of the constellation to ramp up.

It also seems that MDA Space is bullish on that happening, having raised their guidance going forward during their recent quarterly results and analyst call.