Telesat Teams with Lockheed Martin on Space Development Agency Transport Layer
October 20 2020 - 7:00AM
Telesat U.S. Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading global
satellite operator Telesat, is now part of the Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) team which was recently awarded the Space Transport
Layer Tranche 0 contract by the U.S. Space Development Agency
(SDA). The Lockheed Martin-led team will provide on-orbit delivery
of 10 space vehicles with optical inter-satellite links (OISLs),
contributing to a total of 20 satellites in Tranche 0. As part of
this team, Telesat will support a commercial interoperability
exercise by working with the Lockheed Martin team to demonstrate
interoperability between the OISLs of the SDA’s Transport Layer
satellites and those of Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
constellation. The OISLs native to Telesat LEO will be compatible
with the SDA’s OISL standard for an assured, resilient and secure
network.
OISL technology is the enabler of vastly improved network
security, resilience and performance in any space communications
network. As a commercial OISL leader, Telesat will work with
Lockheed Martin to explore interoperability of the SDA Space
Transport Layer Tranche 0 satellites with the Telesat LEO
network.
“Lockheed Martin took a visionary approach to their SDA
Transport Layer team, incorporating commercial space solutions to
provide the U.S. government greater communications system
resiliency and flexibility. We’re proud to bring Telesat’s system
engineering expertise to the team,” said Don Brown, General Manager
of Government Services at Telesat. “With the Telesat LEO advanced
space architecture, governments worldwide can leverage commercial
innovations. This approach, underpinned by Telesat’s OISL
expertise, will enable space network performance on par with
terrestrial networks, helping Lockheed Martin and the SDA
demonstrate how interoperability with the commercial space networks
can effectively drive better results for government
connectivity.”
As part of the project, Telesat will conduct hardware and
software testing on their LEO emulator at Telesat’s U.S. Government
facility.
This project comes on the heels of numerous government
partnerships for Telesat, including exploring the future of
space-based government communications with the U.S. Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Blackjack program and
the U.S. Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC)
CASINO program. Through these partnerships, Telesat continues to
showcase the possibilities of Telesat LEO in supporting government
efforts and meeting the U.S. Government’s unique unilateral
requirements, including offering true global connectivity
throughout the polar regions.
About Telesat
Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and
industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of
the largest and most successful global satellite operators. Telesat
works collaboratively with its customers to deliver critical
connectivity solutions that tackle the world’s most complex
communications challenges, providing powerful advantages that
improve their operations and drive growth. Telesat LEO, our Low
Earth Orbit network will revolutionize global broadband
connectivity by delivering a combination of high capacity,
security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and
fiber-like speeds.
Privately held and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with offices
and facilities around the world, Telesat’s principal shareholders
are Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space
& Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL). For more information,
visit www.telesat.com.
About Lockheed MartinHeadquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide and is
principally engaged in the research, design, development,
manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology
systems, products and services. For additional information, visit
our website: www.lockheedmartin.com.
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Media contacts:
KWT Global for Telesattelesat@kwtglobal.com
Lockheed MartinChris Pettigrew, +1 720-607-9445;
Christopher.w.pettigrew@lmco.com
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Actual results may differ materially from the expectations
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of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Detailed information
about some of the known risks and uncertainties is included in the
“Risk Factors” sections of Telesat Canada’s Annual Report on Form
20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and in Telesat
Canada’s Quarterly Report on Form 6-K for the quarters ending March
31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, all of which can be obtained from the
SEC website.
Known risks and uncertainties include but are
not limited to: risks associated with operating satellites and
providing satellite services, including satellite construction or
launch delays, launch failures, in-orbit failures or impaired
satellite performance, the impact of COVID-19 on Telesat’s business
and the economic environment, the ability to successfully deploy an
advanced global LEO satellite constellation, the availability of
government and/or other funding for the LEO satellite
constellation, the receipt of proceeds in relation to the
re-allocation of C-band spectrum, volatility in exchange rates, the
ability to expand our existing satellite utilization and risks
associated with domestic and foreign government regulation. The
foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. The
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