Thales Alenia Space is to build Telesat’s satellite broadband constellation, dubbed Lightspeed. It has signed an agreement with the satellite operator Telesat to be the prime contractor for the low Earth orbit (LEO) network. Initially, this will be comprising a fleet of 298 satellites in the 700-750 kg class. Thales Alenia Space will provide the ...

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