New Telesat satellite to deliver higher-speed Internet to Nunavut this summer

By Christopher Guly

Even faster speeds to follow thanks to Telesat and Kepler’s LEO plansOTTAWA - Residents of Nunavut will soon be able to watch movies over the web just like other Canadians down south through a high-speed broadband satellite connection provided by Ottawa-based Telesat later this summer.Telesat’s Telstar 19 Vantage satellite is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 22, and should be operational by late August or early September, according to Michele Beck, vice-president of North American sales for Telesat’s enterprise and broadcast group.The geostationary satellite, situated 36,000 kilometres above the equator, will...