OTTAWA and PALO ALTO, Calif. – Canadian satellite operator Telesat announced Tuesday it has entered into a 10-plus-year agreement to use Palo Alto, Calif.-based Aalyria’s Spacetime network orchestration technology to organize the efficient flow of customer traffic over the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation.
Telesat’s Lightspeed satellites will contain leading-edge technologies including digital beamforming, integrated onboard data processing and optical inter-satellite links, “resulting in better link performance, increased network efficiency, and enhanced flexibility to focus and dynamically deliver reliable capacity to customers,” a Telesat press release says.
Telesat will leverage Aalyria’s expertise in all-domain network orchestration and management to ensure seamless integration, optimal performance and efficient operation of the Telesat Lightspeed network, Telesat says.
Under the terms of the agreement, “Telesat will use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to find the most robust and reliable routing of customer data between any two points on earth through real-time analysis of millions of possible paths, autonomously evolving antenna link scheduling, dynamic network traffic routing, and spectrum resources based on changing network requirements,” according to the press release.
The Spacetime platform leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence “to create a digital twin of the Earth and space, enabling it to overcome the effects of movement, atmosphere, and weather on connectivity,” the release explains.
“This first-of-its-kind approach will enable Telesat to flexibly connect its satellites orbiting in space with networks across the world in a way that was previously not possible,” the release says.
“Aalyria’s Spacetime orchestration capabilities are a key enabler to achieving the lowest latency, highest availability and resiliency for meeting the committed information rates and service level agreements for our enterprise-class LEO services,” Dave Wendling, Telesat’s chief technical officer, said in the release. “Aalyria’s expertise and heritage with Spacetime align perfectly with our vision for Telesat Lightspeed, and we are confident that this partnership will contribute to the success of this revolutionary network.”
“We are excited to partner with Telesat in the development of Telesat Lightspeed, a constellation that is set to redefine the possibilities of global satellite communication,” said Chris Taylor, CEO of Aalyria. “Aalyria’s Spacetime will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient orchestration and management of the network, and we look forward to contributing to Telesat’s success.”
