Telesat’s new Telstar 18 Vantage satellite ready for commercial service

OTTAWA – Just over a month after its launch, Telesat’s new Telstar 18 Vantage high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service.Launched last month, Telstar 18 Vantage will replace and expand on the capabilities of Telesat’s Telstar 18 satellite with its extensive C-band capacity over Asia, its Ku-band HTS spot beams over Indonesia and Malaysia, and its five additional regional Ku-band beams.The bird’s coverage reaches across Asia to Hawaii – in both C and Ku-band – enabling direct connectivity between any point in Asia and the Americas. Its innovative Ku-band payloads of...