Telesat LEO ULC, a subsidiary of Telesat Corporation (TSX:TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and SatPort Infrastructure, a leading carrier-neutral ground infrastructure platform provider backed by global investment firm EQT, announced today a global build-to-suit Master Services Agreement (MSA) to develop, build and host certain landing stations to support the Telesat Lightspeed constellation.

Telesat Lightspeed is an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network being designed to deliver secure, high-capacity, fiber-like broadband connectivity worldwide. Under the MSA, SatPort, which specializes in build-to-suit teleport and gateway solutions for LEO, MEO and GEO constellations, will deliver ground infrastructure that connects the Telesat Lightspeed constellation to the world’s terrestrial networks.