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Australia Gets First Telesat Lightspeed LEO Landing Station by Vocus

Vocus and Telesat announced that Vocus customer data, but also further strengthens Katz, Chief Commercial Officer, Telesat
will build Australia's first Telesat Lightspeed Australia's digital infrastructure resilience. said, we're honoured that Vocus will be
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Landing Station. Telesat will begin launching its LEO integrating our MEF 3.0 compliant Telesat
Vocus will construct and operate the new satellites in late 2026 and this new Landing Lightspeed Carrier Ethernet services into
Landing Station in New South Wales, Station will play a key role in satellite testing its portfolio to meet the secure, mission-
Australia and provide fibre connectivity and customer field trials before global critical requirements of their customers
to Telesat's point of presence (PoP), service delivery. The long-term agreement in Australia, as well as their distributed
connecting Telesat's advanced LEO satellite also includes Telesat Lightspeed services networks across the globe. Ashley Neale,
constellation, called Telesat Lightspeed, when the network becomes operational. Head, Space and Wireless Operations,
to terrestrial networks, providing secure, These services, backed by committed Vocus said this will enable, for example,
low-latency satellite services across the information rates (CIR) and comprehensive a naval vessel to communicate via the
region. As a leading provider of Landing service level agreements, will ensure Telesat Lightspeed satellites directly with
Stations and fibre network solutions, Vocus resilient, low-latency connectivity for Vocus' ground deployed soldiers via the optical
is an ideal partner to deliver the resilient, enterprise and government customers, laser-linked space network, completely
scalable terrestrial infrastructure that not complementing its already substantial LEO bypassing land-based infrastructure or the
only serves as a key interconnect point for satellite services customer base. Glenn public internet.

UK Pumps €163M Into Starlink Rival Eutelsat

Eutelsat notched a capital injection fresh funding is in addition to a France-led UK government is an existing investor and
deal worth €163.3 million through an round last month of €1.35 billion and will previously led a consortium to bail out
investment by the UK government, as contribute to a plan to expand its low Earth OneWeb in 2020 before it merged with
the satellite company looks to become a orbit (LEO) constellation. Eutelsat noted it Eutelsat. “As our adversaries increasingly
European rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink. The has now raised a total of €1.5 billion. The use space technologies to harm us, resilient
satellite connectivity has become essential
to our continent’s national security,” UK
secretary of state for science, innovation
and technology Peter Kyle said in a
statement. Following the two transactions
the French state will hold a stake of 29.6
per cent, while Bharti Space Limited and
the UK government will hold 17.8 per cent
and 10.8 per cent, respectively in Eutelsat.
The satellite company still faces a €2 billion
bill to help develop European Union space
program IRIS2. In June, Eutelsat struck
a deal worth up to €1 billion to supply
France’s military with connectivity services.

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