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Nelco, Telesat complete successful LEO demonstrations in India

18 May 2022 Evaluate

Nelco and Telesat have successfully conducted their first in-orbit demonstration of high-speed broadband connectivity in India with Telesat's Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, marking yet another milestone for bringing next-generation satellite communication technologies to the country.

The testing campaign was conducted from April 25 to 29, 2022 at Nelco’s Mahape teleport and leveraged an 85-cm Intellian parabolic antenna to connect to Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite. Over 50 representatives from enterprise and telecom companies and government departments participated in the live testing and proof-of-concept demonstration, witnessing high-speed, fibre-like performance with 35 millisecond roundtrip latency. A wide range of cloud-based applications were demonstrated including real-time video conferencing over Microsoft Teams, as well as YouTube and Live TV video streaming.

LEO satellites will revolutionise satellite connectivity and bring transformational capabilities to enterprise, telecom, maritime and aviation customers across all regions & terrains in the country. Nelco, in partnership with Telesat, plans to serve existing and new market segments to enable broadband connectivity for low latency applications with Telesat Lightspeed services.

Telesat Lightspeed is an advanced, enterprise-class satellite network that leverages Telesat’s innovative architecture and global Ka-band priority spectrum rights. The Telesat Lightspeed satellites incorporate next-generation technologies, including data processing in space, advanced phased array antennas, reconfigurable beams and optical inter-satellite links for a fully interconnected global mesh network in space. Acting as a virtual fibre network, Telesat Lightspeed MEF-certified, Layer 2 transport services can deliver hundreds of Mbps to a terminal, and multiple Gbps to a community. Telesat Lightspeed will provide complete coverage of India and superior connectivity, subject to the necessary regulatory clearances.

Nelco is a leading Satellite Communication (SatCom or VSAT) Service Provider in India, providing highly reliable data connectivity solutions across the country mainly for the Enterprise sector.

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