Spacecom Completes
Successful Testing Campaign of Telesat’s LEO
Demonstration Satellite
December 15, 2022
Spacecom and Telesat, announced
the completion of Spacecom’s successful testing
campaign with Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO (Low Earth
Orbit) demonstration satellite.
The tests, conducted from
Spacecom’s Teleport and labs facility located in the
Judean Hills outside of Jerusalem, reached an
average latency of below 30 milliseconds and data
rates over 50 Mbps. In one case study, the companies
tested backhauling for WiFi hotspots – such as in
enterprise offices and remote communities using
Spacecom’s DCP (Digital Community Platform).
The proof of concept tests for
the satellite’s efficiencies showed speeds and
complete system reliability consistent and similar
to top-of-class land-based internet connectivity.
The testing of various applications including video
uploads, video conferencing, Cloud applications, and
VPN used over 10 devices connected simultaneously to
the hotspot. The download speeds were measured at
over 10 Mbps and upload speeds of over 20 Mbps per
device.
“Spacecom is working towards
offering multi-orbit services and these steps with
our partners at Telesat prove that we are on the
right path to offer Telesat Lightspeed services in
the future,” stated Ofer Asif, Senior Vice President
of Strategy and BizDev at Spacecom. “Our technical
and engineering capabilities, alongside creative and
dedicated problem solving, are exactly what is
needed to take advantage of our position in the
satellite industry and deliver unique value to our
customers.”
Telesat’s Chief Commercial
Officer Glenn Katz commented, “We are excited to
partner with the Spacecom team to expand their
services portfolio with enterprise-class, high
throughput, low-latency connectivity. With our
programmable virtual network operator (pVNO) model
and committed information rates backed by SLAs,
Telesat Lightspeed provides a flexible and
compelling value proposition for Spacecom’s
next-generation offerings.”
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