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Telesat Chief Technology Officer David Wendling is retiring at the end of February and the company is adding a Chief Network and Information Officer to its leadership team.

Telesat's Lightspeed satellite constellation has achieved a key early milestone with the preliminary design review having completed successfully.

The Government of Ontario is entering into a new partnership with SpaceX's Starlink to provide satellite-based internet services to rural remote and Northern communities.

Telesat said its revenues and EBITDA for fiscal 2024 will likely hit the top of their estimated range in the wake of an already announced funded agreement to build out its new Lightspeed constellation for a launch in 2026.

Telesat has signed a $39 million contract with SatixFy for Landing Station Baseband Units to be used with Telesat’s Lightspeed Network.

Telesat announced on Monday at the APEX expo in Long Beach, California that they and Airbus would be working together on providing high speed internet connectivity to airline passengers.

It took much longer than expected but today Telesat announced it had completed $2.54 billion funding agreements with the Government of Canada and Quebec meaning the company has all the financing in place for the Lightspeed low Earth Orbit satellite constellation.

The Calian Group Ltd. announced September 9, 2024 that it had been selected by Telesat to design, develop, deliver and deploy the Element Management System (EMS) for the Telesat Lightspeed satellite constellation.

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. 

Telesat will have news “in the next couple of weeks,” or shortly afterwards, on government funding for the Lightspeed constellation that is still slated to launch in 2026 following delays.