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Intelsat

US
commercialFounded 1962
McLean, Virginia, United States
www.intelsat.com/
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Under the FCC proposal released 2020-02-07, Intelsat would be entitled to the largest share of the $9,700,000,000 in incentive payments.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/27/2020Telesat sides with SES against Intelsat’s request for more C-band money

Intelsat requested that it receive 60% to 67% of the proposed $9,700,000,000 in accelerated clearing payments on the basis that it must clear the largest share of North American C-band spectrum.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/24/2020SES and Eutelsat make their own cases for more C-band money

The FCC’s draft plan allocates the largest share of accelerated clearing payments to Intelsat, with a 50% share that could be worth up to $4,850,000,000 if the spectrum is cleared by the 2023 deadline.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/24/2020SES and Eutelsat make their own cases for more C-band money

Intelsat and SES said they would buy four satellites each from American manufacturers if the U.S. FCC chose their private auction plan.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY2/21/2020Geostationary satellite orders bouncing back

Intelsat notified satellite trackers that the 15-year-old Spaceway-1 had been successfully decommissioned well above the threshold for the GEO graveyard orbit.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY2/14/2020DirecTV’s defunct Spaceway-1 reaches high graveyard orbit in one piece

Intelsat invested $25,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 to help OneWeb pursue a constellation of 650 internet-beaming smallsats in low Earth orbit.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/12/2019OneWeb, Softbank seek dismissal of Intelsat lawsuit

Intelsat operates around 50 geostationary satellites, one of the largest geostationary constellations in the world.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2019Satellite industry slowly embracing the cloud

Intelsat has a $56,000,000 agreement with Ovzon to use capacity on Ovzon-3 following its launch.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/24/2019SpaceX loses Falcon Heavy customer Ovzon to Arianespace

Intelsat is projecting total revenue of $2,000,000,000 to $2,060,000,000 for 2019, down from $2,060,000,000 to $2,120,000,000 when Intelsat-29e was operational.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/31/2019Intelsat pins Intelsat-29e failure on external event, readies replacement order

Intelsat reported a net loss of $530,000,000 for the quarter that included the Intelsat-29e impairment.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/31/2019Intelsat pins Intelsat-29e failure on external event, readies replacement order

Telesat is providing a small amount of capacity to Intelsat to cover for Intelsat’s 2019-04-07 loss of the Intelsat-29e satellite.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/2/2019Telesat to receive constellation bids this summer

Intelsat reported $528,400,000 in revenue for its first quarter ended 2019-03-31 and a net loss of $120,600,000 for that quarter.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/30/2019Intelsat still searching for cause of IS-29e loss, replacement satellite TBD

Intelsat reported $528,400,000 in revenue for its first quarter ended 2019-03-31 and a net loss of $120,600,000 for that quarter.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/30/2019Intelsat still searching for cause of IS-29e loss, replacement satellite TBD

Intelsat now forecasts 2019 revenue of $2,000,000,000 to $2.06 billion, down from a prior projection of $2,060,000,000 to $2,120,000,000.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/30/2019Intelsat still searching for cause of IS-29e loss, replacement satellite TBD

Kalpak Gude handled regulatory activity for Panamsat, a satellite operator acquired by Intelsat in 2006.

ORG RELATIONSHIP1/8/2019Swarm, after FCC blunder, hires satellite regulatory veteran Kalpak Gude

Intelsat and SES are the two largest members of the C-Band Alliance with around 50 geostationary satellites each.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/20/2018C-Band Alliance plan would require 5G networks to pay for eight new satellites

Intelsat and SES are the two largest members of the C-Band Alliance with around 50 geostationary satellites each.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/20/2018C-Band Alliance plan would require 5G networks to pay for eight new satellites

In 2011, Intelsat signed a contract with MDA Corp., now part of Maxar Technologies, for a satellite-servicing mission that never materialized.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/11/2018Why Intelsat’s going with life extension over refueling

Intelsat will launch the Horizons-3e satellite, co-owned with Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan, later in 2018 to provide HTS capacity over Asia.

NARRATIVE PLAN7/4/2018Measat to join Asia’s HTS stampede with spacecraft in 2021

Intelsat awarded contracts to Orbital ATK subsidiary SpaceLogistics for two Mission Extension Vehicles slated to launch in 2019 and 2020.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/11/2018Orbital ATK, SSL and others are gearing up to make house calls to ailing satellites
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