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Intelsat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May citing upfront costs to pay for replacement infrastructure to clear its portion of C-band by the FCC’s 2023 deadline.
Arianespace planned to resume Ariane 5 launches in late July 2020 with satellites for Intelsat and B-SAT.
No launch contracts had been announced yet for the 10 C-band satellites ordered by Intelsat and SES.
There has been an increase in commercial GEO satellite orders that includes 10 C-band satellites ordered in recent weeks by Intelsat and SES as part of the FCC effort to clear satellite C-band spectrum for terrestrial 0.005 kg use.
The FCC’s estimated $5,200,000,000 in reimbursement funds will mainly go to Intelsat and SES.
Intelsat stated that requiring reimbursable satellites to carry only C-band payloads could nearly double the number of satellites over North America and complicate the use of orbital slots along the geostationary arc.
Intelsat expects to order one more C-band replacement satellite 2020, bringing its total to seven C-band replacement satellites.
Intelsat argued that procuring and launching two different satellites with different payloads at a single geostationary location to replace a single hybrid satellite would be highly inefficient, more costly, and could delay the overall clearing schedule.
Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat, and Claro are estimated to be worthy of $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 in subsidized replacement C-band infrastructure and eligible for up to $9,700,000,000 in incentives if they clear customers out of the spectrum by early December 2023.
Intelsat and SES have ordered 10 replacement C-band satellites ahead of the FCC’s auction from Boeing, Maxar, and Northrop Grumman.
Eutelsat disclosed the satellite need in its C-band transition plan, a document the FCC required from Eutelsat, Intelsat, SES, Telesat, and Claro by 2020-06-19.
Intelsat and SES have ordered a total of 10 C-band replacement satellites from three U.S. manufacturers.
The FCC estimates moving costs for Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One will be $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 to cover upgrading ground systems and building and launching replacement satellites.
Intelsat plans to order one additional C-band replacement satellite, and SES plans to order two additional C-band replacement satellites.
SES and Intelsat are racing to clear 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum by 2023-12-05 to obtain accelerated clearing payments for vacating the band two years ahead of the FCC’s deadline.
Under the FCC plan, SES will receive $3,970,000,000 and Intelsat will receive $4,870,000,000 in accelerated clearing payments tied to C-band spectrum relocation.
SES and Intelsat each estimate they will spend $1,600,000,000 on new C-band infrastructure, including satellites, launches, and ground equipment.
Intelsat ordered six replacement C-band satellites—four from Maxar Technologies and two from Northrop Grumman—and is negotiating with manufacturers for a seventh satellite.
Intelsat estimates it will need to spend at least $800,000,000 up front for replacement C-band satellites and other infrastructure before any reimbursement.
Maxar’s satellites ordered by Intelsat are named Galaxy-31, Galaxy-32, Galaxy-35, and Galaxy-36.