Our system is actually architected quite differently than SpaceX's is.
We are not envisioning launching thousands of satellites. We've architected our system, and I should note that we have a patent pending on this hybrid orbit topography that our colleagues have developed.
We're going to have about 78 satellites in the polar-type orbits that Ms. Cooper referred to so that we can make sure that we have phenomenal coverage of the north. We're actually starting our constellation with the polar orbit so that we can make sure that we cover all of Canada and that we cover the Far North that we're very committed to serving. Then we're going to have about another 220 satellites in these other types of orbits that are more equatorial in nature.
Our satellites are in a little bit higher latitude than SpaceX's, so they can see more of the earth, and all of our satellites are connected to one another by optical lasers, so our satellites are always online.
I have to say that—and this is true for both SpaceX and Telesat—because we have so many satellites and because from a point on earth you're always able to see multiple satellites, it's actually a whole lot more reliable than fibre.
The problem with running fibre into these rural communities is that fibre gets cut. We hear about it all the time. Satellites are much more resilient than redundant.
Thank you.