Thales Alenia Space and
Maxar Consortium Achieve Major Milestone in Design
Phase of Telesat's LEO Satellite Constellation
Jan. 24, 2019
Thales Alenia Space and SSL, a
Maxar Technologies company have completed an important
milestone for the Telesat LEO constellation. The success
of the consortium's System Requirements Review (SRR)
demonstrates increasing momentum for Telesat's global
communications system design and was highlighted by
three satellite industry leaders agreeing on key
innovations that will enable Telesat LEO to deliver
breakthrough performance and affordability.
As previously announced, Telesat
selected the consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Maxar
Technologies, the owner of SSL and MDA, as one of two
contractors for its LEO system design phase. The
consortium, led by Thales Alenia Space, is designing an
end-to-end communications system, including satellites,
landing stations, user terminals, operations centers,
and ground network.
The Thales Alenia Space / Maxar
design for Telesat LEO is based on the combined
companies' proven experience, industrial capability and
a strong supplier base for fully integrated
communications satellite systems, including payload
antenna design, on-board processing, optical
inter-satellite links and LEO satellite production. The
success of the SRR was the result of multiple work
streams located in France, the U.S. and Canada working
together to apply the consortium's very best talent to
every task.
"Our consortium is applying the
latest technologies to optimize system network
performance and assure that the constellation design is
the best one for achieving Telesat's goals. The project
team, consisting of engineering specialists at both
Thales Alenia Space and Maxar's SSL, is developing
game-changing solutions as we successfully complete one
milestone after another. Thales Alenia Space leads the
industry in successfully deployed constellations and we
are very excited to be supporting this new constellation
from Telesat that will bring unprecedented levels of
capacity and flexibility for broadband services around
the world", declared Martin Van Schaik, Senior VP Sales
and Marketing Thales Alenia Space.
"The consortium of Thales Alenia
Space and Maxar's SSL has made great progress in
developing innovative solutions for the Telesat
constellation," said Dario Zamarian, Group President,
SSL. "Completing the SRR is a significant milestone and
demonstrates the success of our collaboration with
Thales Alenia Space and the value of our SSL and MDA
businesses working together to bring integrated
solutions that drive competitive advantages for
satellite operators, and help build a better world."
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