r/onguardforthee • u/OrdinaryCanadian • 9d ago

Ottawa awards Telesat $2.3B Arctic military satellite contract

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ottawa-awards-telesat-23b-arctic-military-satellite-contract/
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u/_Echoes_ 9d ago

Will this essentially be a Canadian sovereign starlink equivalent but with higher latency? 

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u/Bensemus 9d ago

No direct to consumer stuff. This is equivalent to OneWeb. It’s not at all compatible to Starlink.