Description

Telesat Corporation functions as a premier satellite communications provider, delivering essential connectivity solutions worldwide to clients in the broadcast, enterprise, and consulting fields. The company empowers direct-to-home (DTH) service providers to transmit television, audio, and data channels straight into customers' residences. It also enables broadcasters, cable networks, and DTH operators to disseminate television programming. Complementary services include satellite bandwidth, digital video encoding, access control, and ground station uplinking and downlinking. For temporary communication needs, such as live news, sports, and event coverage, Telesat offers occasional use services. For businesses, Telesat provides complete satellite and ground infrastructure services to support enterprise connectivity, internet and cellular backhaul, and rural telephony for telecommunications carriers and network services integrators. Furthermore, its broadband communication services cater to the maritime and aeronautical sectors, supporting commercial airplanes and vessels. Telesat also serves the U.S. government through integrators, provides satellite services to the Canadian government, and offers direct-to-consumer broadband. Its operations extend to the oil and gas and mining industries, where it manages satellite and hybrid satellite/terrestrial networks. Additionally, the company provides satellite operator support and expert consulting on space and earth segments, government analyses, satellite control, and research and development. Telesat primarily reaches its customers via a dedicated direct sales team. As of December 31, 2021, the company's assets included a constellation of 14 geostationary satellites in orbit and a Canadian payload hosted on the ViaSat-1 satellite. Founded in 1969, Telesat Corporation is based in Ottawa, Canada.