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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Eutelsat proposed reducing SES’s share to 22.1% ($2,150,000,000), Telesat’s share to 0.12% ($11,200,000), and Embratel Star One’s share to 0.03% ($2,700,000).
Eutelsat projects C-band clearing costs of $3,500,000,000 after splitting from the C-Band Alliance.
Eutelsat left the C-Band Alliance in September and in a 2020-01-27 filing with the FCC estimated its total cost from the spectrum changes at $3,500,000,000.
Eutelsat transferred customers from Eutelsat-7A to Eutelsat-7C overnight from 2020-01-27 into 2020-01-28.
Eutelsat concluded that one of Eutelsat 5 West B’s two solar arrays was unusable, reducing power available to support communications services.
Eutelsat 5 West B uses a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-2 platform with an all Ku-band payload from Airbus Defence and Space.
Eutelsat 5 West B, which launched in October, will enter service in January with only 45% of its intended capacity due to an unusable solar array.
Eutelsat’s mitigation plan for the lost capacity on Eutelsat 5 West B includes optimizing capacity on Eutelsat 5 West B and shifting customers to satellites at other orbital locations.
Eutelsat expects the power loss on Eutelsat 5 West B will reduce the company’s revenue by 5 million to 10,000,000 EUR for the remainder of its fiscal year ending 2020-06-30.
The GEO-3 hosted payload is anticipated to generate around 7,000,000 EUR in annual revenue for Eutelsat and about 102,000,000 EUR over its 15-year life span.
Eutelsat has not yet decided on the size of an insurance claim it will file for Eutelsat 5 West B’s lost performance.
Eutelsat has a Konnect VHTS very high-throughput satellite planned for launch in 2022.
Eutelsat’s Konnect Ka-band payload will initially cover 15 countries in Europe and 45 countries in Africa.
Eutelsat cancelled plans in April 2018 to invest in Viasat’s ViaSat-3 EMEA satellite.
Arianespace’s first launch of 2020 is an Ariane 5 carrying Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite and ISRO’s GSAT-30 geostationary communications spacecraft.
Russia launched five Proton rockets in 2019, of which one was a commercial dual launch for Northrop Grumman and Eutelsat Communications and the rest were for government missions.
Panasonic Avionics signed a contract with Eutelsat to use capacity on the upcoming Eutelsat-10B satellite.
Eutelsat requested in a 2019-11-21 letter to the FCC that some proceeds from the spectrum sale go toward covering satellite operators' transition costs and to provide incentive payments to expedite the spectrum transition to new 0.005 kg users.
EchoStar’s S-band reach uses the Echostar-21 satellite and a partly operational payload on Eutelsat-10A and has been mainly focused on Europe.
Eutelsat 5 West A generated around 30,000,000 EUR in revenue in the prior year and is mainly used to broadcast television channels to Europe and Northern Africa.