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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 ..... Click the link for more information. . 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.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NYSE: LOR), announced today that it has been selected to build the fifth in a series of high-power, ninth-generation satellites for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT). The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), the world's largest satellite carrier, will use the SQR Reporting System and SQR data movement functions to help distribute 27,000 hours of live coverage to 197 countries worldwide, for a total estimated audience of 3. BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1996--INTELSAT 709, the ninth INTELSAT VII telecommunications satellite constructed by Space Systems/Loral for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), was successfully launched at 2:55 a. |
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