{"id":2526,"date":"2025-11-05T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/telesat-invests-5-million-in-farcast-to-develop-integrated-user-terminals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:22:30","slug":"telesat-invests-5-million-in-farcast-to-develop-integrated-user-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/telesat-invests-5-million-in-farcast-to-develop-integrated-user-terminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Telesat Invests $5 Million in Farcast to Develop Integrated User Terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Telesat<\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced an expanded relationship with Farcast<\/strong>, a San Francisco-based startup that is building advanced satellite User Terminals. Under the new agreement, Farcast will deliver an enterprise-class Flat Panel Antenna (FPA) User Terminal that is fully integrated with the Telesat Lightspeed modem and ready for volume production. Additionally, Telesat is making a US$5 million equity investment in Farcast and will take a seat on Farcast\u2019s board of directors to support the company\u2019s alignment with the goals of the Telesat Lightspeed program.<\/p>\n

Farcast has developed a unique technology that can simultaneously transmit and receive data from the same aperture in an FPA. This proprietary Active Electronically Scanned Antenna (AESA) technology uses electronic beam scanning to compensate for the movement of satellites and users, and the single-aperture, full-duplex FPA results in reduced Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SWaP-C). This competitive SWaP-C will further enhance the value proposition for Telesat Lightspeed customers, delivering superior enterprise-class performance worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Telesat and Farcast have worked together since 2022 on a pre-production development program to ensure Farcast\u2019s technology reaches the maturity level required to operate on the Telesat Lightspeed network. As a prerequisite for this new agreement and equity investment with Telesat LEO ULC, various iterations of the hardware have been built and successfully tested. The availability of terminals that are fully integrated with Telesat Lightspeed modem is planned for 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout prototype development, we\u2019ve seen firsthand Farcast\u2019s innovative approach to extending satellite communications capability and reach through small form factor FPAs that deliver outstanding performance,\u201d<\/em> said <\/strong>Michel Forest<\/strong>, Chief Technology Officer for Telesat<\/strong>. \u201cWe see value not only in what Farcast can provide for Telesat\u2019s telecom and enterprise customers, but also the wider satellite industry for mass-produced, high-performing terminals, including aviation and defence applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur collaboration with Telesat has been a cornerstone of our journey to date. By working hand in hand, we are developing FPA technology that will meet the stringent performance and reliability requirements to ensure mission-critical connectivity for Telesat\u2019s customers,\u201d <\/em>said <\/strong>Siamak Ebadi<\/strong>, founder and CEO of Farcast<\/strong>. \u201cWe believe partnerships like this are vital to creating an open, collaborative satellite ecosystem\u2014one that drives innovation and expands access.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Telesat, one of the world\u2019s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced an expanded relationship with Farcast, a San Francisco-based startup that is building advanced satellite User Terminals. Under the new agreement, Farcast will deliver an enterprise-class Flat Panel Antenna (FPA) User Terminal that is fully integrated with the Telesat Lightspeed modem and ready for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,38,20,48],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-leo","tag-satellite","tag-satellite-terminals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}