{"id":49382,"date":"2025-04-08T22:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/viasat-to-offer-telesat-lightspeed-leo-services-starting-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:57:45","slug":"viasat-to-offer-telesat-lightspeed-leo-services-starting-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/viasat-to-offer-telesat-lightspeed-leo-services-starting-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Viasat to Offer Telesat Lightspeed LEO Services Starting in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Global satellite operators <strong>Viasat<\/strong> and <strong>Telesat<\/strong> have signed a significant multi-year contract agreement that will see Viasat purchase Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity for aviation, maritime, enterprise and defense markets from Telesat\u2019s Lightspeed constellation.<\/p>\n<p>Viasat said the purchase from Telesat is part of the operator\u2019s strategy to build a multi-orbit offering for its entire market portfolio, including commercial aviation and government. Viasat customers will be able to access the LEO network when Telesat Lightspeed global services commence in late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy leveraging our own satellite fleet and its unique advantages, existing national operator partnerships, plus coverage and capacity from leading third-party satellites and constellations, our services are designed to provide customers with the essential capacity density, market access, speed, bandwidth and responsiveness they need,\u201d Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg said in the announcement. \u201cImportantly, we have continued to innovate advanced multi-orbit resource management techniques to reduce costs and expand geographic coverage to better serve the unique needs of each mobility and defense customer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal was announced this week after both operators previously shared that discussions were underway in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to be selected by Viasat \u2013 a global leader in satellite-delivered broadband solutions \u2013 as a LEO broadband connectivity provider, further validating the unique capabilities Telesat Lightspeed offers to enhance a service provider\u2019s value proposition in the dynamic broadband connectivity market,\u201d Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg added in his company\u2019s own statement.<\/p>\n<p>Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global satellite operators Viasat and Telesat have signed a significant multi-year contract agreement that will see Viasat purchase Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity for aviation, maritime, enterprise and defense markets from Telesat\u2019s Lightspeed constellation. Viasat said the purchase from Telesat is part of the operator\u2019s strategy to build a multi-orbit offering for its entire market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48330,"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":[],"class_list":["post-49382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49382"}],"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=49382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}