TUPPER LAKE, NY — In February 2021 Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space as prime satellite contractor for the $5 billion Lightspeed broadband satellite constellation.
Then Covid, and supply-chain issues, and inflation, and the difficulties in raising export-credit-agency debt financing, and a revised Thales Alenia Space offer, and still more financing delays.
One Aug. 11, Telesat announced had signed a firm, fixed-price contract with MDA Ltd. to build the 198-satellite Lightspeed, with the first satellites to launch in 2026 and . . .
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