Feds announce new $25M Telesat campus to be built in Gatineau

The Canadian government last week announced the construction of a new Telesat campus in Gatineau that is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2025 and bring 300 new high-skilled jobs to the area. The $25-million facility is part of the larger $6.5-billion Telesat Lightspeed initiative, which is being supported by a $2.14-billion federal loan and a $400-million provincial loan from Quebec to build and operate Telesat’s Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. “The new campus will host Telesat’s network operations centre, satellite control centre and cybersecurity operation centre, as well as a state-of-the-art engineering development facility to support the deployment and...