PARIS — Canada’s MDA Space early next year opens its large-volume satellite manufacturing plant to produce its Aurora software-defined digital satellites for the Telesat Lightspeed broadband constellation and the Globalstar/Apple direct to device (D2D) product.
Assuming the first satellites coming off the production line in 2026 work as intended, it will propel MDA to the front of the pack. The fact that it just lost a $1.3-billion contract with EchoStar for another D2D constellation just five weeks after the contract’s signing . . .
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