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• Victoria Woodburn
CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts Telesat was “pretty constrained” in what it could say about refinancing its legacy geostationary-orbit debt. The C$2.4 billion obligation is due in December, leaving the company’s refinancing plans unclear.
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CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts Telesat was “pretty constrained” in what it could say about refinancing its legacy geostationary-orbit debt. The C$2.4 billion obligation is due in December, leaving the company’s refinancing plans unclear.
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