Telesat Canada is a Canadiansatellite communicationscompany owned by BCE Inc. and founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario as well as having offices in the United States and Brazil. U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications using radio at microwave frequencies. ... A company in the broadest sense is an aggregation of people who stay together for a common purpose. ... Bell Canada Enterprises is a major telecommunications company and a provider of telephone services in Canada. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ...
Telesat launched Anik A1 in 1972. The world's first domestic communications satellite in geostationary orbit, operated by a commercial company. Anik 1 was a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched in 1972 by a Delta rocket. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Domestic can refer to: A domestic goat An animal or plant that has been domesticated A domestic worker Something pertaining to the home In economics and international relations something within the country This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... A geostationary orbit (abbreviated GEO) is a circular orbit in the Earths equatorial plane, any point on which revolves about the Earth in the same direction and with the same period as the Earths rotation. ...
Telesat carries Canada's two major DBS providers signals: Bell ExpressVu and StarChoice, as well as more than 200 of Canada's television channels, and for other North American part-time users. DBS may stand for: Direct broadcast satellite Deep brain stimulation Development Bank of Singapore Diocesan Boys School, Hong Kong Den Beste Sykkel - a Norwegian bike manufacturer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada which sells digital television services in Canada. ... StarChoice is Canadas second direct broadcast satellite television distributor, majority owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. ... Broadcast technical standards Canada has adopted the NTSC and ATSC television transmission standards without any alterations. ... Political highlights of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. ...