OTTAWA – Just weeks after its launch, Telesat’s new Telstar 19 Vantage high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 63 degrees West and has entered commercial service.
Launched in July, the new bird promises to bring a new level of performance and value for satellite broadband requirements on land, at sea and in the air, with distinct zones of coverage across the Americas and Atlantic that combine regional beams and high throughput spot beams in Ku-band with additional HTS spot beams in Ka-band, says the release.
As Cartt.ca reported, Telesat has long-term contracts for the entire Ka-band capacity of Telstar 19 Vantage over Northern Canada, including providing Bell Canada's Northwestel with the HTS spot beam capacity required to enhance broadband connectivity for all 25 communities in Nunavut. Hughes Network Systems has a 15-year agreement for Telstar 19 Vantage Ka-band capacity to boost its broadband satellite services in five South American countries.
“Telstar 19 Vantage is a state-of-the-art spacecraft that combines regional beams and high throughput spot beams to deliver superior performance and value to the market,” said Telesat’s president and CEO Dan Goldberg, in the release. “The pre-launch agreements Telesat has secured with Hughes and Bell Canada, combined with strong interest from other leading satellite service providers across the Americas and Atlantic, confirm that the innovative design of Telstar 19 Vantage is the right one to serve today’s bandwidth intensive applications.”
