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Telesat’s accelerated clearing payment potential decreased by $30,400,000 to a total of $344,400,000 under the FCC’s final plan.
The FCC’s draft allocations could be worth about $4,000,000,000 to SES and nearly $375,000,000 to Telesat.
SES and Telesat say the scope of work for clearing C-band has not changed since Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat jointly commissioned a study as part of the C-Band Alliance in 2018.
If the FCC maintains its original allocations, 50% of the incentive payments would go to Intelsat and 41% would go to SES, with the remaining 9% allocated to Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One.
Telesat and SES asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject Intelsat’s request for a larger share of $9,700,000,000 in incentive payments for C-band clearing.
A combined allocation of $7,500,000,000 or more to Intelsat and Eutelsat would reduce the shares available to SES and Telesat under the FCC plan.
Telesat would receive about 4% of the incentive payments under the FCC draft plan and is not seeking a larger share.
Eutelsat proposed reducing SES’s share to 22.1% ($2,150,000,000), Telesat’s share to 0.12% ($11,200,000), and Star One’s share to 0.03% ($2,700,000).
SES and Telesat released a joint letter on 2020-02-25 arguing that Intelsat’s justification for seeking more than a 50% share of the $9,700,000,000 is not valid.
Telesat planned a 300-satellite LEO constellation and was evaluating manufacturers including Maxar Technologies, Thales Alenia Space, and Airbus Defence and Space.
Eutelsat proposed reducing SES’s share to 22.1% ($2,150,000,000), Telesat’s share to 0.12% ($11,200,000), and Embratel Star One’s share to 0.03% ($2,700,000).
Eutelsat helped form the C-Band Alliance with Intelsat, SES, and Telesat in 2018 and quit the group in 2019 after disagreeing with its members.
The C-Band Alliance, comprised of Intelsat, SES and Telesat, estimates C-band clearing costs will amount to $3,300,000,000.
Intelsat, SES and Telesat estimate they would need to launch eight to ten new satellites combined to continue service after repurposing 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg.
The C-Band Alliance estimated it will cost Intelsat, SES and Telesat $3,300,000,000 to clear 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum for U.S. 0.005 kg wireless networks.
OneWeb plans a 1,980-satellite constellation, Amazon is preparing a 3,236-satellite constellation, and Telesat is designing a roughly 300-satellite broadband network.
SpaceX used the same Falcon 9 booster to launch 60 Starlink satellites in May 2019, 10 Iridium Next satellites for Iridium in January 2019, and Telesat Canada’s Telstar 18 Vantage in September 2018.
The contract to build Telesat LEO is estimated to be worth about $3,000,000,000.
Telesat was expected to choose a manufacturer for Telesat LEO in early 2020.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space are competing with Maxar to build the Telesat LEO constellation.