Telesat Adding Military Ka-Band To Lightspeed Constellation

Caption: Telesat Lightspeed constellation. Credit: Telesat

Telesat Lightspeed constellation.

Credit: Telesat
Telesat plans to add 500 MHz of military Ka-band spectrum to its initial Lightspeed satellite constellation, the Ottawa-based company announced March 17. Telesat is building 156 satellites for the initial layer of a new telecommunications constellation to be based in low Earth orbit (LEO), with the...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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