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  "id": 151341,
  "title": "Telesat lands $1.63 billion Canadian defense contract",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/telesat-lands-1-63-billion-canadian-defense-contract",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-04T22:00:15.000Z",
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    "url": "https://spacenews.com/telesat-lands-1-63-billion-canadian-defense-contract/"
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  "summary": "Arctic communications award will fund an expansion of Telesat’s Lightspeed, taking the planned LEO network to 225 spacecraft The post Telesat lands $1.63 billion Canadian defense contract appeared first on SpaceNews .",
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