Intelsat is a multinational satellite services provider, delivering services to commercial, governmental, and military organizations. Operating one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, the company offers video broadcasting, broadband connectivity, and secure satellite communications. Intelsat partners with organizations like Vodafone, Gilat Satellite Networks, and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and works with launch providers such as Arianespace and International Launch Services to manage its satellite program from design and construction through launch and in-orbit operations.
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Intelsat operates 52 geostationary satellites stationed approximately 22,0 m above the equator.
Intelsat operates a fleet of 72 geostationary satellites and is planning to enter the LEO broadband business to become a multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-layer company.
The demonstration established three satellite links: one with Intelsat 37, one with Galaxy 18, and one with the OneWeb constellation.
Intelsat and OneWeb provided broadband internet service to U.S. Army users via satellites in low Earth orbit and geostationary orbit during a demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland earlier 2021-11.
Intelsat incurred nearly $100,000,000 in professional fees and other costs related to its Chapter 11 restructuring for the quarter ended 2021-09-30.
Intelsat reported total revenue of just over $526,000,000 for the third quarter of 2021.
Intelsat recorded a decrease in media revenue of 11% to about $181,000,000 for the third quarter of 2021.
Intelsat’s adjusted EBITDA fell to about $283,000,000 for the third quarter of 2021, compared with nearly $333,000,000 for the third quarter of 2020.
Intelsat and OneWeb used both GEO and LEO services simultaneously and switched data flow between orbits instantly at the packet level using software that selects the best connection based on end-service technical requirements.
Lawyers for Intelsat and other interested parties proposed postponing the hearing start date from 2021-11-08 to 2021-12-02.
Stephen Spengler has spent more than 18 years at Intelsat in various leadership roles.
Stephen Spengler plans to retire after Intelsat emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In August, Intelsat had the support of holders of about 75% of its $15,000,000,000 debt for a restructuring plan to exit Chapter 11.
Intelsat plans a multi-layered GEO strategy combining C-band satellites, wide-beam satellites for ISR, Epic high-throughput satellites, and software-defined satellites to serve different applications.
SES filed a rebuttal on 2021-10-11 requesting the bankruptcy court permit SES to take four depositions from Intelsat witnesses with personal knowledge relevant to SES’s objections.
SES argues that Intelsat US carried out substantially all of the work associated with clearing the C-Band and that the FCC’s related payments totaled approximately $3,390,000,000.
The A220-300 aircraft equipped with Intelsat 2Ku will operate on short and medium-haul destinations within the Air France network.
The Intelsat award for the A220-300 expands the total Intelsat-equipped fleet at Air France to 143 aircraft, including Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 widebody aircraft.
Intelsat’s reorganization plan calls for reducing the company’s debt burden from about $15,000,000,000 to about $7,000,000,000.
Intelsat has been selected by Air France to install its 2Ku high-speed satellite-based inflight connectivity solution on 60 new Air France A220-300 aircraft.