14 Facts About Intelsat

Intelsat S A is a multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States.

On 6 April 1965, INTELSAT's first satellite, the Intelsat I, was placed in geostationary orbit above the Atlantic Ocean by a Delta D rocket.

Since its inception, Intelsat has used several versions of its dedicated Intelsat satellites.

Intelsat completes each block of spacecraft independently, leading to a variety of satellite manufacturing contractors over the years.

Intelsat Americas-7 experienced a several-day power failure on 29 November 2004.

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Intelsat acquired PanAmSat on 3 July 2006, and was then the world's largest provider of fixed satellite services, operating a fleet of 52 satellites in prime orbital locations.

In 2015, Intelsat reincorporated in Delaware and became Intelsat Corporation.

Intelsat maintains constantly staffed global network operations centers in its Tysons Corner location and in Ellenwood, Georgia.

Intelsat filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U S courts on 13 May 2020, just before the new 5G spectrum auctions, with over US$15 billion in total debt.

Intelsat announced a new board of directors, led by Lisa Hammitt, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Davidson Technologies.

In December 2020, Intelsat completed its acquisition of Gogo's Commercial Aviation business.

Over time, Intelsat has worked with most of the commercial launch services providers worldwide.

Intelsat took advantage of the equatorial Sea Launch offering with Zenit-3SL rockets launched from the Ocean Odyssey floating platform in Pacific Ocean, until they suspended operations in 2014.

On 30 May 2012, Intelsat signed a contract with SpaceX for one of the first Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, marking the return of Intelsat to American launchers after many flights on Atlas II in the 1990s and a single Atlas V launch in 2009.