Erwin Hudson Joins Telesat to Lead Global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Program
April 27 2017 - 6:00AM
Telesat announced today that Erwin Hudson, one of the industry’s
most accomplished executives in the field of satellite-enabled
broadband networks, has joined the company as Vice President,
Telesat LEO, reporting to President and CEO, Dan Goldberg.
Mr. Hudson will be based at Telesat’s headquarters in Ottawa and
direct the development and implementation of Telesat’s planned
advanced, high throughput, low latency, global LEO constellation.
As previously announced, Telesat has obtained priority ITU rights
on a global basis to LEO Ka-band spectrum and has developed an
innovative (patent pending) constellation design and system
architecture. In addition, Telesat has procured two prototype LEO
satellites that are scheduled for launch later this year as part of
the test and validation phase of its LEO initiative.
Mr. Hudson has had a long and distinguished career in the
satellite industry. A highly experienced communications engineer,
he was Chief Technology Officer of WildBlue, an early satellite
broadband provider later acquired by ViaSat, that began building
its U.S. subscriber base using Ka-band spot beam capacity on
Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite. Prior to WildBlue, Mr. Hudson was a
senior executive at Space Systems Loral and was Director Satellite
Communications at TRW Space & Electronics. He recently led the
ViaSat team that NBN Co selected to provide the ground
infrastructure for the satellite portion of Australia’s national
broadband network. Mr. Hudson holds a number of patents and his
innovations, technical and commercial, have driven the growth of
satellite broadband in markets around the world.
“Erwin is a tremendous addition to the Telesat team and I’m
delighted to have someone with such vast technical and commercial
experience in the design, implementation and operation of
satellite-enabled broadband networks leading Telesat’s
game-changing LEO initiative,” said Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s
President and CEO. “Telesat has a long and successful track record
of bringing the most advanced and innovative communications
services to the market and our cutting edge LEO program springs
from that same pioneering spirit. The Telesat LEO constellation is
precisely the network architecture satellite users are demanding
and I have every confidence that Erwin will contribute
significantly to its success.”
“Telesat has been a leader in the satellite services market for
decades, in no small part owing to the depth of its engineering
resources and expertise and its unrelenting focus on customer
service,” said Erwin Hudson, Vice President, Telesat LEO. “The
highly innovative Telesat LEO constellation design will bring
massive improvements to the broadband user experience in terms of
network capacity, speed, cost, security and resiliency. I’m excited
to be joining the highly talented group of individuals at Telesat
working to transform broadband service delivery to users – whether
on land, at sea or in flight – around the world.”
About Telesat (www.telesat.com)Telesat is a
leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure
satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to
broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices and facilities around
the world, the company’s state-of-the-art fleet consists of 15
satellites plus the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 with two new
satellites under construction. An additional two prototype
satellites are under construction and will be deployed in low earth
orbit. Telesat also manages the operations of additional satellites
for third parties. Privately held, Telesat’s principal shareholders
are Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space
& Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:LORL).
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release contains statements that are not based on historical fact
and are ‘‘forward-looking statements’’ within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this
news release, the words “planned”, “scheduled for”, “initiative”,
“will bring”, and “transform”, or other variations of these words
or other similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements and information. Actual results may
differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks
and uncertainties. Detailed information about some of the known
risks and uncertainties is included in the “Risk Factors” section
of Telesat Canada’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2016 which can be obtained on the SEC website at
http://www.sec.gov. Known risks and uncertainties include but are
not limited to: risks associated with operating satellites and
providing satellite services, including satellite construction or
launch delays, launch failures, in-orbit failures or impaired
satellite performance, volatility in exchange rates and risks
associated with domestic and foreign government regulation. The
foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. The
information contained in this news release reflects Telesat’s
beliefs, assumptions, intentions, plans and expectations as of the
date of this news release. Except as required by law, Telesat
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise the
information herein.
For further information:
Gerry Nagler, Telesat +1 908 470-4907 (gnagler@telesat.com)
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