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Telesat Inaugurates Europe's First Lightspeed Gateway in France

1 report, 1 independent Updated Sep 21
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What happened

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Telesat and Orange announced the commissioning of the first European gateway for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation. This state-of-the-art gateway is hosted at Orange’s Tier-4 certified teleport in Bercenay-en-Othe, France. The installation supports the deployment of the initial 225 satellites of the Lightspeed constellation, with ground connectivity provided by Orange to a planned point of presence in Paris.

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Why it matters

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The commissioning validates Telesat's core terrestrial infrastructure for its low-Earth orbit services. The gateway is expected to significantly boost secure, reliable, and low-latency connectivity for enterprise and government clients across Europe.

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Possible knock-on effects

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  • TelesatSpeculative

    Telesat could secure new contracts leveraging the validated Lightspeed constellation infrastructure.

  • Intellian Technologies could see increased demand for its advanced gateway antenna systems.

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