Telesat Lightspeed Mission 5

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 2026

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Launch site to be confirmed

Telesat Lightspeed Mission 5

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Fifth of fourteen Falcon 9 launches with 18 Telesat Lightspeed satellites. Lightspeed is Telesat's high-throughput Ka-band broadband communications constellation that will provide low-latency global Internet access and will initially consist of 198 satellites, these satellites are being built by MDA under a $1.6 billion contract.

Low Earth Orbit

14 Payloads

13,500 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Unknown Pad

CCSFS/KSC, Florida or VSFB, California, USA