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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.
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.
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.
Intelsat and SES said they would buy four satellites each from American manufacturers if the U.S. FCC chose their private auction plan.
Intelsat notified satellite trackers that the 15-year-old Spaceway-1 had been successfully decommissioned well above the threshold for the GEO graveyard orbit.
Intelsat invested $25,000,000 in OneWeb in 2015 to help OneWeb pursue a constellation of 650 internet-beaming smallsats in low Earth orbit.
Intelsat operates around 50 geostationary satellites, one of the largest geostationary constellations in the world.
Intelsat has a $56,000,000 agreement with Ovzon to use capacity on Ovzon-3 following its launch.
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.
Intelsat reported a net loss of $530,000,000 for the quarter that included the Intelsat-29e impairment.
Telesat is providing a small amount of capacity to Intelsat to cover for Intelsat’s 2019-04-07 loss of the Intelsat-29e satellite.
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.
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.
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.
Kalpak Gude handled regulatory activity for Panamsat, a satellite operator acquired by Intelsat in 2006.
Intelsat and SES are the two largest members of the C-Band Alliance with around 50 geostationary satellites each.
Intelsat and SES are the two largest members of the C-Band Alliance with around 50 geostationary satellites each.
In 2011, Intelsat signed a contract with MDA Corp., now part of Maxar Technologies, for a satellite-servicing mission that never materialized.
Intelsat will launch the Horizons-3e satellite, co-owned with Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan, later in 2018 to provide HTS capacity over Asia.
Intelsat awarded contracts to Orbital ATK subsidiary SpaceLogistics for two Mission Extension Vehicles slated to launch in 2019 and 2020.