Thales Alenia Wins $3 Billion Telesat Contract

Irene Klotz February 09, 2021
Artist's concept of Lightspeed satellite.
Credit: Thales Alenia Space
Telesat has awarded a $3 billion contact to Thales Alenia Space to build its planned 298-member low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation, named Lightspeed. Unlike SpaceX’s direct-to-consumer Starlink service, currently in public beta trials, Lightspeed is designed to supply new and existing...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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