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Intelsat

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Intelsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat), organization incorporated (1962) by an act of Congress to establish a commercial system of international communications using artificial satellites. Although government sponsored, it was financed by a public stock issue.
..... Click the link for more information. ; communications satellite communications satellite artificial satellite that functions as part of a global radio-communications network. Echo 1, the first communications satellite, launched in 1960, was an instrumented inflatable sphere that passively reflected radio signals back to
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INTELSAT

(INTELSAT, Washington, DC, www.intelsat.com) A leading supplier of commercial satellite services, including HDTV, broadband and IPTV delivery. Created in 1964, with 11 countries participating, COMSAT is the U.S. signatory of INTELSAT. In 2001, INTELSAT accomplished an historic transformation from a treaty-based organization to a privately held company. Its fleet expanded to more than 50 satellites in 2006 when INTELSAT acquired all assets of PanAmSat.

Intelsat [in′tel‚sat]
(communications)
A satellite network, formerly under international control, used for global communication by more than 100 countries; the system uses geostationary satellites over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and highly directional antennas at earth stations. Derived from International Telecommunications Satellite.
(company, communications)Intelsat - A private satellite communications company that provides telephony, corporate network, video and Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 25 geosynchronous satellites.


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PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Intelsat today announced that Avail Media signed a contract to offer Intelsat's MPEG-4 content aggregation and delivery service - Intelsat IPTV.
Intelsat Signs Avail Media for IPTV Service Distribution by Business Wire
PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Intelsat announced today that Mr.
Intelsat's Conny Kullman Inducted into SSPI's Satellite Hall of Fame by Business Wire
PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- When the Taiwan earthquake severed six major undersea fiber optic cables, disrupting telecommunications throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Intelsat was able to restore services for many voice, video and data providers, some within hours of the event.
Intelsat Satellites Restore Operators Following Asian Earthquake ... by Business Wire
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