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Lots of LEO work ahead, but Telesat will announce new satellite details before year end


By Ahmad Hathout SATELLITE COMPANY TELESAT is gearing up to deliver details of its low-earth orbit constellation before the end of the year, its vice-president of North American sales said Friday. “The plan is to announce the kick-off of our build program before year-end, and at this point we’re still on track to deliver our constellation,” Michele Beck said Friday at the virtual Canada's Rural & Remote Broadband Conference. Telesat said it will have one part of its constellation in service by early 2023. Telesat has yet to announce who will build its fleet of satellites or who will launch...