SpaceX inks 14-launch deal to loft Telesat's 'Lightspeed' internet constellation

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SpaceX inks 14-launch deal to loft Telesat's 'Lightspeed' internet constellation
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The liftoffs will begin in 2026, with the internet network targeted to provide services from 2027.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in June 2017, sending a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station.

The multi-launch collaboration between the two companies was announced on Monday and will take advantage of the ability ofRelated:hopes it will be able to test its Lightspeed constellation — an optically linked network that will provide multiple gigabytes per second of data links and broadband connectivity across the globe — by 2027. The company aims to start providing services that same year, after a history of delays experienced by the project.

that he now hopes that MDA will be able to create approximately one satellite a day for the constellation beginning in September 2024.

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