Eutelsat is a leading satellite operator and the world's first integrated GEO-LEO satellite operator, formed in 2023 through the combination of Eutelsat and OneWeb. With a fleet of 34 geostationary satellites and a LEO constellation of over 600 satellites, the company provides global services for video broadcasting, broadband, data connectivity, and government communications. Eutelsat also delivers services for maritime and in-flight mobility, offering solutions like the Eutelsat Advance platform for high-end connectivity and digital platforms for broadcasters. Associated keywords include satellite communications, GEO-LEO infrastructure, and broadcast services.
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If deployed, SES’s LEO IoT constellation would follow veteran GEO operators Eutelsat and EchoStar in developing LEO IoT services.
The FCC voted on 2020-02-28 to proceed with an auction plan that covers spectrum relocation costs for Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One.
Intelsat and SES, working with Eutelsat and Telesat as the C-Band Alliance in 2018, said they would need eight new satellites combined to cede 200 megahertz of spectrum.
Eutelsat and Intelsat left the C-Band Alliance and the spectrum to be transferred for 0.005 kg increased from 200 megahertz to 300 megahertz.
Eutelsat is not the customer for the multi-satellite order Maxar announced in May 2020.
EchoStar is expanding into South America using capacity on a Telesat satellite, a Eutelsat satellite, and Yahsat’s Al Yah 3 satellite.
Eutelsat operates around 40 geostationary satellites.
The FCC reduced SES’s and Telesat’s accelerated clearing payment amounts to provide modest increases to Paris-based Eutelsat Communications and Brazilian operator Embratel Star One.
Eutelsat quit the C-Band Alliance in 2022 and Intelsat declared the alliance dead in February 2023.
Eutelsat’s accelerated clearing payment amount increased by $39,000,000 to $507,000,000 under the FCC’s final plan.
Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One are collectively eligible to win up to $9,700,000,000 in accelerated payments if they clear 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum by 2023-12-05.
Eutelsat submitted a claim for nearly $1,500,000,000 of the incentive payments, which is about three times the 5% share the FCC proposed for Eutelsat.
A combined allocation of $7,500,000,000 or more to Intelsat and Eutelsat would reduce the shares available to SES and Telesat under the FCC plan.
SES and Telesat say the scope of work for clearing C-band has not changed since Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat jointly commissioned a study as part of the C-Band Alliance in 2018.
Eutelsat requested that Intelsat receive 62.6% ($6,070,000,000) of the proposed incentive payments and that Eutelsat receive up to $1,470,000,000.
If the FCC maintains its original allocations, 50% of the incentive payments would go to Intelsat and 41% would go to SES, with the remaining 9% allocated to Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One.
Eutelsat proposed reducing SES’s share to 22.1% ($2,150,000,000), Telesat’s share to 0.12% ($11,200,000), and Star One’s share to 0.03% ($2,700,000).
Eutelsat helped form the C-Band Alliance with Intelsat, SES, and Telesat in 2018 and quit the group in 2019 after disagreeing with its members.
Eutelsat proposed that it should receive 15.2% of accelerated clearing payments, or $1,470,000,000.
Eutelsat aligned with Intelsat on 2020-02-21 and urged the FCC to allocate 62.6% of the proposed accelerated clearing payments, or $6.07 billion, to Intelsat.