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Intelsat

US
commercialFounded 1962
McLean, Virginia, United States
www.intelsat.com/
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The $3,300,000,000 to $5,200,000,000 in bidder-covered costs are separate from $9,700,000,000 in accelerated clearing payments available to Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat and Claro if they clear spectrum by early December 2023 instead of early December 2025.

Mentioned as: IntelsatNarrative FinancialAug 17, 2020Eutelsat scraps plan for replacement C-band satellite

Intelsat and SES each expect to spend nearly $1,700,000,000 on their C-band transitions inclusive of satellite manufacturing, launch and insurance, new teleport infrastructure, signal compression technology and other costs.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 17, 2020Eutelsat scraps plan for replacement C-band satellite

Intelsat has ordered six satellites and expects to order a seventh in September at an average manufacturing cost of $112,900,000 per satellite, totaling $790,000,000.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 17, 2020Eutelsat scraps plan for replacement C-band satellite

Galaxy-30 is a replacement for Intelsat's Galaxy-14 satellite, an 11-year-old satellite from Maxar Technologies that launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V in 2009.

Mentioned as: intelsatTechnical ProductAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Intelsat has ordered six C-band replacement satellites—four from Maxar Technologies and two from Northrop Grumman—and is pursuing $4,870,000,000 in accelerated spectrum clearing payments while negotiating with manufacturers for one more satellite.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman and Intelsat plan to dock MEV-2 with Intelsat 10-02 directly in geostationary orbit in 2021, a maneuver that may require Intelsat 10-02 to pause service for 20 to 30 minutes.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman's first servicer, MEV-1, docked with an Intelsat satellite in a graveyard orbit a few hundred kilometers above active geostationary satellites.

Mentioned as: IntelsatTechnical ProductAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman has a contract with Intelsat to extend the life of the 16-year-old Intelsat 10-02 communications satellite by five years using the MEV-2 servicer.

Mentioned as: IntelsatNarrative GeneralAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Intelsat ordered Galaxy-30 before the Federal Communications Commission had decided to auction 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum and require satellite operators to vacate the spectrum.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

On the MEV-1 mission Intelsat moved the target satellite out of GEO into a graveyard orbit several hundred kilometers higher in case the docking created debris or disabled the satellite.

Mentioned as: IntelsatTechnical ProductAug 13, 2020Satellite servicing industry seeks interface standards

Ovzon signed a four-year agreement on 2020-08-11 to lease capacity on the Intelsat-37 and Intelsat-39 satellites.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 12, 2020Cubic wins $172M IDIQ contract • Phasor CTO joins Isotropic Systems • Ovzon leasing more Intelsat capacity

Ovzon’s four-year lease of capacity on Intelsat-37 and Intelsat-39 provides additional capacity while Ovzon awaits the launch of its first satellite, Ovzon-3, in 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipAug 12, 2020Cubic wins $172M IDIQ contract • Phasor CTO joins Isotropic Systems • Ovzon leasing more Intelsat capacity

Luxembourg-based Intelsat says it needs seven replacement satellites and has ordered six, selecting Maxar Technologies to build four and Northrop Grumman to build two.

Mentioned as: IntelsatTechnical ProductAug 7, 2020SES taps Thales Alenia Space for final two C-band replacement satellites

Eutelsat and Intelsat agreed to use an orbital slot they co-own at 48 degrees east in geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: IntelsatNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2020Intelsat to market half of capacity on Eutelsat’s Quantum satellite

Hughes Network Systems invested $50,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 alongside Airbus Group, Bharti Enterprises, Coca-Cola, Intelsat, Qualcomm, Totalplay, and the Virgin Group as part of OneWeb’s $500,000,000 Series A round.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipJul 28, 2020Hughes Network Systems to invest $50 million in revived OneWeb

Global Eagle’s top unsecured creditors include SES ($26,600,000), Intelsat ($9,800,000), Yahsat ($3,600,000), Hughes Network Systems ($3,100,000), Telesat ($2,500,000), Arabsat ($1,000,000), and AsiaSat ($960,000).

Mentioned as: intelsatNarrative GeneralJul 22, 2020Global Eagle files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Intelsat is currently the largest operator in the U.S., utilizing more than 60% of the C-band spectrum in the continental United States.

Mentioned as: IntelsatTechnical ProductJul 15, 2020SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance

SES alleges that Intelsat continued to affirm and work with the C-Band Alliance for months after the FCC announced intent to pursue a public auction and then repudiated its obligations after the FCC spelled out individual funding amounts.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance

Intelsat reversed course in February after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a $9,700,000,000 incentive program for C-band operators.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance

SES filed a claim on 2020-07-14 against Intelsat seeking at least $1,800,000,000 in damages.

Mentioned as: IntelsatOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance
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