Erwin Hudson, vice president of Telesat Lightspeed System Development, is retiring at the end of June after working on the operator's LEO plans for nine years. Credit: Brian Berger/SpaceNews

PARIS — Satellite fleet operator Telesat says the desired size of its future low Earth orbit broadband constellation is more than twice the number of satellites authorized by U.S. regulators, and could ultimately scale to 512 spacecraft.

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Caleb Henry is a former SpaceNews staff writer covering satellites, telecom and launch. He previously worked for Via Satellite and NewSpace Global.He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science along with a minor in astronomy from Grove City College.