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The World Teleport Association publishes lists of companies based on revenues from all customized communications sources and includes operators of teleports and satellite fleets. In order from largest to smallest, the Global Top 20 of 2021 were: [1] [2] SES (Luxembourg) Intelsat S.A. (Luxembourg) EchoStar Satellite Services (USA) Hughes Network ...
Canada 8 bought by MacDonald Dettwiler: Sierra Space: United States formerly SpaceDev, owned by Sierra Space: SpaceX: United States 6700 [14] largest commercial satellite constellation operator in the world with the Starlink constellation [15] Spectrum Astro: United States bought by General Dynamics: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd: United Kingdom
Kepler Communications Inc. is an international satellite telecommunications company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with presence in the UK and the USA. [1] The company's stated mission is to create the internet for space and allow-in-space communications for the future space economy. [2][3] It has also worked on building a satellite network ...
Comparison of communication satellite operators. The following is a list of the world's largest fixed service satellite operators in the world. Comparison data is from different time periods and sources and may not be directly comparable. Name of the Operator. 2019 Revenue. 2018 Revenue.
Telesat began in 1969 as Telesat Canada, a Canadian Crown corporation created by an Act of Parliament. [1] Telesat Canada launched Anik A1 in 1972 as the world's first domestic communications satellite in geostationary orbit operated by a commercial company; [2] this satellite was retired from use in 1981. [citation needed]
Satellite operator. Owner. Borealis Infrastructure, SES. Ciel Satellite Group is a private Canadian satellite operator, established in 2004, providing services throughout the Americas as a result of a partnership of Borealis Infrastructure, a financial institution, with satellite operator SES. The headquarters are located in Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
The origins of the Canadian upper atmosphere and space program can be traced back to the end of the Second World War. [5] Between 1945 and 1960, Canada undertook a number of small launcher and satellite projects under the aegis of defence research, including the development of the Black Brant rocket as well as series of advanced studies examining both orbital rendezvous and re-entry. [6]
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company officially headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase near Brownsville, Texas, [citation needed] though primarily based out of their former headquarters in Hawthorne, California.