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Dan Goldberg

President and Chief Executive Officer, Telesat

Search every verified Dan Goldberg interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Daniel Goldberg, president and CEO of Telesat, announced in August 2026 that the company had secured a US$1.9 billion contract with the Government of Canada to deliver the MILKA portion of the ESCAPE program, providing satellite communications to the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic for 15 years, with two five-year option periods. He described it as the largest revenue contract in Telesat's history and said the company would expand its Lightspeed low Earth orbit constellation by 44 percent, increasing the project's cost to $5.2 billion. Goldberg stated that Telesat was fully funded for the constellation and expected defense to account for approximately 46 percent of its 2032 revenue, up from 14 percent in a prior forecast. He also said the company was in discussions with potential investors, including sovereign wealth funds, about a minority stake in the Lightspeed network. In September 2026, Goldberg appeared at the Canada Investment Summit, where he promoted the Lightspeed constellation as an alternative to Starlink, citing demand from defense users, airlines, cruise ship companies, and mobile network operators. He said the company had not disclosed a valuation for the stake being offered and described satellite communications as a key sovereign capability identified in Canada's defense industrial strategy, referencing modern conflicts in Ukraine and Iran as examples of the need for such technology. Goldberg also said Telesat was seeking foreign investment as a proof point of global confidence in the network and to lower the cost of capital for Canadian borrowers.

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