Telesat will get security clearance to provide US governing administration specifically – SpaceNews
COLORADO SPRINGS — Canada’s Telesat mentioned April 4 it has obtained the security clearances it requires to provide right to U.S. govt buyers.
The acceptance for the satellite operator’s U.S.-dependent Telesat Govt Alternatives subsidiary is an critical milestone for the company’s lower Earth orbit (LEO) ambitions, in accordance to the organization unit’s new president Tom Eaton.
“The immediate interaction with the U.S. govt prospects is essential for us in building guaranteed that, as we roll out the network, that it’s created with the crucial attributes that the U.S government consumers are going to want,” explained Eaton, who applied to operate Telesat’s non-Canadian worldwide gross sales initiatives.
Even though furnishing potential at a wholesale stage to clients who would then distribute it to the U.S. authorities “worked great for us in a [geostationary orbit] house,” he mentioned its Lightspeed LEO network needs closer cooperation to good-tune products and services.
Telesat Government Solutions started out the procedure for Facility Clearance from the Protection Counterintelligence and Security Company in August 2020.
“I believe our timing is excellent due to the fact there’s significant [Request for Proposals (RFPs)] that are remaining issued for points like proliferated LEO, wherever the U.S federal government will decide on not just one particular but various industrial LEO units to help their communication requirements,” Eaton included.
Whilst Lightspeed has run into generation delays that have pushed out the start of its solutions into 2026, Eaton mentioned Telesat also sees growing desire for aiding the U.S. authorities realize and choose gain of emerging LEO capabilities with other systems.
He pointed to the study deal Telesat has with the Protection State-of-the-art Investigate Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Blackjack system, which consists of two spacecraft slated to launch in October to LEO at approximately the identical altitude as its planned Lightspeed network.
COLORADO SPRINGS — Canada’s Telesat mentioned April 4 it has obtained the security clearances it requires to provide right to U.S. govt buyers.
The acceptance for the satellite operator’s U.S.-dependent Telesat Govt Alternatives subsidiary is an critical milestone for the company’s lower Earth orbit (LEO) ambitions, in accordance to the organization unit’s new president Tom Eaton.
“The immediate interaction with the U.S. govt prospects is essential for us in building guaranteed that, as we roll out the network, that it’s created with the crucial attributes that the U.S government consumers are going to want,” explained Eaton, who applied to operate Telesat’s non-Canadian worldwide gross sales initiatives.
Even though furnishing potential at a wholesale stage to clients who would then distribute it to the U.S. authorities “worked great for us in a [geostationary orbit] house,” he mentioned its Lightspeed LEO network needs closer cooperation to good-tune products and services.
Telesat Government Solutions started out the procedure for Facility Clearance from the Protection Counterintelligence and Security Company in August 2020.
“I believe our timing is excellent due to the fact there’s significant [Request for Proposals (RFPs)] that are remaining issued for points like proliferated LEO, wherever the U.S federal government will decide on not just one particular but various industrial LEO units to help their communication requirements,” Eaton included.
Whilst Lightspeed has run into generation delays that have pushed out the start of its solutions into 2026, Eaton mentioned Telesat also sees growing desire for aiding the U.S. authorities realize and choose gain of emerging LEO capabilities with other systems.
He pointed to the study deal Telesat has with the Protection State-of-the-art Investigate Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Blackjack system, which consists of two spacecraft slated to launch in October to LEO at approximately the identical altitude as its planned Lightspeed network.