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The C-Band Alliance (Intelsat, SES, and Telesat) offered 300 megahertz of satellite spectrum to cellular operators for 0.005 kg services on 2019-10-28.
Intelsat operates around 50 geostationary satellites, one of the largest geostationary constellations in the world.
Northrop Grumman has a contract with Intelsat to extend the life of the 18-year-old Intelsat-901 satellite for five years using MEV-1.
Intelsat 901 will raise its orbit to a graveyard orbit a few hundred kilometers above GEO prior to MEV-1 arrival to avoid interference with other GEO satellites.
Approximately 80% of Azerspace-2’s capacity is in use, with global satellite operators Intelsat and Eutelsat using the satellite.
The 1995 failure of a Chinese Long March 2E carrying Apstar-6 and the 1996 failure of a Long March 3B carrying Intelsat-708 led to a U.S. crackdown on satellite technology exports involving Loral and Hughes.
Intelsat’s direct dialogue with SoftBank stopped suddenly in April 2018 while SoftBank was actively seeking to sell its investment in OneWeb.
Intelsat filed a nine-count lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court on 2019-09-10 alleging that OneWeb and SoftBank breached contracts, committed fraud, and conspired to steal confidential and proprietary information.
Discussions among OneWeb, SoftBank, and Intelsat continued beyond 2018-03-31 despite an amended agreement stating that SoftBank agreed to sell OneWeb Services to Intelsat pursuant to a master service agreement to be negotiated on or prior to 2018-03-31.
The proposed merger was contingent on changes to Intelsat’s debt and collapsed in June 2017 when Intelsat’s debt holders did not agree to the deal.
In 2017, OneWeb, SoftBank, and Intelsat discussed a proposed merger under which SoftBank would invest up to $1,500,000,000 in Intelsat to combine Intelsat and OneWeb into a single satellite provider.
Inmarsat, Intelsat, and SES signed onto the Space Safety Coalition best-practices document as major operators of geostationary orbit satellites.
Jefferies Financial Group equity analyst Giles Thorne estimates Intelsat and SES would each collect around $3,300,000,000 time-discounted and after all clearing costs for selling C-band spectrum.
The C-Band Alliance reports that Intelsat and SES generated 90–95% of U.S. C-band revenues in 2017 while Telesat’s share amounted to a single-digit percentage.
Encompass Digital Media executive chairman Bill Tillson estimated that Intelsat, SES, and Telesat could collectively gain $34,000,000,000 by selling C-band spectrum.
The C-Band Alliance’s spectrum plan to repurpose 200 megahertz of C-band for 0.005 kg includes Intelsat and SES buying four satellites each to replace lost capacity if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission accepts the plan.
Intelsat and SES had 90–95% of U.S. C-band revenues in 2017.
The Falcon Eye-1 loss likely set an industry record by topping the $406,200,000 Intelsat-27 loss in the 2013 Sea Launch failure.
Intelsat has a $56,000,000 agreement with Ovzon to use capacity on Ovzon-3 following its launch.
Intelsat-39 launched on 2019-08-06 aboard an Ariane 5.