https://spacenews.com/telesat-signs-multi-launch-spacex-deal-covering-all-lightspeed-satellites/QuoteShe said Telesat did not intend to use Relativity for the initial constellation deployment. Instead, Telesat would use the 3D printing specialist for single satellite launches to replace a satellite or add to the constellation.Based on this, sounds like they were only planning on using Terran 1. Now that thats gone, I doubt Terran R will be used at all now that they signed with Falcon and are keeping the Blue contract open for later launches.
She said Telesat did not intend to use Relativity for the initial constellation deployment. Instead, Telesat would use the 3D printing specialist for single satellite launches to replace a satellite or add to the constellation.
Any big space project more than 3 years in the future is dubious, due to ongoing possibility of a big economic crash.
Quote from: Danderman on 09/12/2023 03:05 amAny big space project more than 3 years in the future is dubious, due to ongoing possibility of a big economic crash.I know of no big space project that has ever met a scheduled date more than 3 years in the future, except the Apollo Moon landing. No big economic crash is needed. Space industry schedules are fantasies. Telesat actually has a better chance than most, since they intend to use a proven LV.I could be wrong, Counterexamples welcome.
Quote from: DanClemmensen on 09/12/2023 01:26 pmQuote from: Danderman on 09/12/2023 03:05 amAny big space project more than 3 years in the future is dubious, due to ongoing possibility of a big economic crash.I know of no big space project that has ever met a scheduled date more than 3 years in the future, except the Apollo Moon landing. No big economic crash is needed. Space industry schedules are fantasies. Telesat actually has a better chance than most, since they intend to use a proven LV.I could be wrong, Counterexamples welcome.Starlink.
B. Summary of Request for Milestone Extension or Bond PortingIn this filing, Telesat requests that the Commission:(i)Grant extensions of (x) the first milestone in Telesat’s Grant,3 which establishes a deadline for Telesat to launch and place into operation 50% of its 117 first round satellites, from November 3, 2023, to March 19, 2028; and (y) the second milestone in Telesat’s Grant, which establishes a deadline for Telesat to launch and place into operation the remainder of its 117 first round satellites, from November 3, 2026, to June 10, 2028.4(ii)In the alternative, if the Commission declines to extend Telesat’s milestones, Telesat asks that its first processing round bond be ported and placed at risk against Telesat’s second processing round Modified Design system. In a contemporaneously filed amendment to its second round application (the “Companion Amendment”), Telesat is requesting that if Telesat’s milestone extension request is denied, which would have the effect of causing Telesat’s first processing round Grant to be terminated, the Commission convert Telesat’s second processing round application, which currently seeks a modification of the first round Grant, to a stand-alone second processing round application.
SAT-MPL-20231026-00263QuoteB. Summary of Request for Milestone Extension or Bond PortingIn this filing, Telesat requests that the Commission:(i)Grant extensions of (x) the first milestone in Telesat’s Grant,3 which establishes a deadline for Telesat to launch and place into operation 50% of its 117 first round satellites, from November 3, 2023, to March 19, 2028; and (y) the second milestone in Telesat’s Grant, which establishes a deadline for Telesat to launch and place into operation the remainder of its 117 first round satellites, from November 3, 2026, to June 10, 2028.4(ii)In the alternative, if the Commission declines to extend Telesat’s milestones, Telesat asks that its first processing round bond be ported and placed at risk against Telesat’s second processing round Modified Design system. In a contemporaneously filed amendment to its second round application (the “Companion Amendment”), Telesat is requesting that if Telesat’s milestone extension request is denied, which would have the effect of causing Telesat’s first processing round Grant to be terminated, the Commission convert Telesat’s second processing round application, which currently seeks a modification of the first round Grant, to a stand-alone second processing round application.SAT-MPL-20231026-00264
OTTAWA, CANADA – April 1, 2024 – Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced that on March 28, 2024, Telesat received a letter from Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry regarding an investment in Telesat Lightspeed. The letter states that, following several months of negotiations between Telesat and federal officials, the Government of Canada (GoC) is prepared to invest C$2.14 billion in Telesat Lightspeed by way of a loan to Telesat LEO Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, that is developing and will own and operate the highly advanced Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) global broadband satellite constellation.
