COMSAT (Communications Satellite Corporation) was created by the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to develop commercial communication satellite systems. COMSAT played a key role in establishing global satellite communications, including the launch of "Early Bird," the first commercial communications satellite, and helped form Intelsat. Later, COMSAT deployed the Marisat system to provide mobile services and worked with organizations like NASA and ESA. COMSAT provides services like spectrum management, spacecraft connectivity analysis, and lunar mission analysis.
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Arianespace’s backlog currently includes 20 Airbus Defence and Space built satellites including CERES (x3), SYRACUSE 4B (COMSAT NG 2), EUTELSAT QUANTUM, METOP-SG A1, METOP-SG B1, THEOS-2, CSO 3, Pléiades Neo (x3), JUICE, Measat-3d, Biomass, EarthCARE, and CO3D (x4).
Commsat raised $38,000,000 in a 2020 funding round as a satellite communications startup.
Beijing Commsat Technology Development Co., Ltd. received government funding from the China Internet Investment Fund for research and industrialization of satellites earlier 2021.
Manufacturers’ GEO comsat product portfolios range from a few hundred kilograms to 6 Tons VHTS.
In 2020, there were exceptionally high orders for GEO comsat with 18 units, including 13 for the FCC’s accelerated C-band clearance plan in the USA.
GEO COMSAT remains the leading segment, accounting for one-third of market revenues, but a 20% drop in operational assets is anticipated by 2029.
Avanti increased its focus on selling capacity to the U.S. military and is working with Florida-based Comsat to enter the defense sector.
Commsat launched eight satellites in 2018.
Beijing Commsat Technology Development Co., Ltd. raised $38,000,000 in a Series B funding round led by Beijing Wealth Capital and an industry investment fund under AVIC Capital.
Beijing Commsat will use the Series B funding to develop internet satellite platforms and automation production lines and to prioritize research and development of broadband communications systems.
The unnamed geostationary communications satellite order is Maxar’s first GEO comsat order announced in 2019.
There were eight commercial geostationary comsat orders worldwide in 2017, the worst year for geostationary comsat sales in at least 15 years and four satellites below the period’s previous low of 12 in 2004.
After averaging 20 or more GEO satellite orders per year historically, the industry recorded 19 GEO comsat orders in 2015, 15 orders in 2016, and eight orders in 2017 according to Bank of Montreal numbers.