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’s backlog stood at $7.9 billion, down $200,000,000 from the end of 2018.
Intelsat’s capital expenditure plans do not include the four satellites the company said it will buy if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission accepts the C-Band Alliance’s plan for selling up to 180 megahertz of C-band spectrum.
Intelsat is assessing replacement options for Intelsat-29e’s capacity, including a new satellite, hosted payloads, expanding use of other operators’ spacecraft, or stationing one of Intelsat’s 53 geostationary satellites at the 310-degrees east orbital slot.
Only three Intelsat satellites have failed in orbit out of 92 launched since 1992, including Intelsat-29e.
Boeing built payloads for all six of Intelsat’s Epic-class high-throughput satellites and built the chassis for five of them, while Airbus supplied the platform for Intelsat-32e.
Intelsat-33e suffered a thruster issue in 2016 that insurers estimated could reduce its design life by 18 months.
Boeing built five of the six Intelsat Epic satellites and supplied the payload for Intelsat-32e, which used a bus from Airbus Defence and Space.
Intel spearheaded the initial C-band spectrum plan with Intelsat in 2017 despite not being a member of the C-Band Alliance.
In a 2019-02-15 letter, Intelsat and SES supported allowing new users in the uplink band but warned that the large size of C‑band beams and the 36,000‑kilometer distance to geostationary satellites make harmful signal interference a high risk.
OneWeb received an initial $500,000,000 in 2015 from Airbus, Hughes Network Systems, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Virgin Group, Coca-Cola, Grupo Salinas, and Bharti Airtel.
The proposed C-band spectrum sale could generate $40,000,000,000 for Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat.
Intelsat selected Orbital ATK in January 2018 to build Galaxy-30 as the first satellite in its Galaxy fleet replacement program.
Kalpak Gude handled regulatory activity for Panamsat, a satellite operator acquired by Intelsat in 2006.
Eutelsat has 37 geostationary satellites and Telesat has 17 geostationary satellites, and the two smaller C-Band Alliance members would use capacity on Intelsat and SES satellites to cover for their lost capacity.
The C-Band Alliance’s plan includes new satellites that would enable Intelsat and SES to operate approximately the same amount of capacity while using only 300 MHz of spectrum instead of 500 MHz.
Intelsat and SES are the two largest members of the C-Band Alliance with around 50 geostationary satellites each.
Intelsat rebooked the Intelsat-38/Azerspace-2 satellite with another Intelsat-Ariane 5 mission that launched in September.
OneWeb has raised more than $2,000,000,000 to date from investors including SoftBank, Intelsat, and Coca-Cola.
Panasonic Avionics has customized Ku-band payloads on satellites operated by Intelsat, SES, and Eutelsat and has another Ku-band payload under construction on Apsatcom’s Apstar-6D satellite that is scheduled to launch next year.
The C-Band Alliance agreed to offer 200 megahertz of C-band spectrum for use in 0.005 kg mobile networks, up from a 100-megahertz proposal first made in February by Intelsat, Intel, and SES.