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ArabSat About
Eutelsat About
- Fleet Overview (24 birds)
France Telecom Organization
- Globecast (France Telecom subsidiary: not a satellite owner, but a service provider)
Inmarsat About
- Satellites (9 birds)
Intelsat About
- Coverage Maps (27 birds)
Helios About
Helios 2A is said to be able to spot objects as small as a textbook anywhere on Earth. Its infrared sensors will allow France’s military to gather information at night from space for the first time.
Sample Satellite Biz Report: (6 December 2004) The DirecTV Group, Inc. and SkyTerra Communications, Inc., an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P., a New York-based private equity firm, have announced an agreement in which SkyTerra will acquire 50 percent of a new entity that will contain the assets of Hughes Network Systems (HNS) in a transaction that values HNS at approximately US$ 360 million. HNS, which is based in Germantown, Maryland, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The DirecTV Group.
As part of the transaction, the new venture will own the SpaceWay 3 satellite, an advanced Ka band broadband communications satellite that is currently being manufactured by Boeing. Also included in the new HNS are the complete ground infrastructure and user terminals that were developed to implement this advanced communications network. The DirecTV Group will retain the other two SpaceWay satellites, which are scheduled for launch next year, to support DirecTV’s direct-to-home satellite broadcasting business. SpaceWay 3 is currently expected to launch in early 2007. Upon its successful launch into orbit, SpaceWay 3 is expected to enable the new HNS to provide North American customers with a next generation suite of high-speed, two-way data communications utilising the advanced features of the SpaceWay platform and will allow for a more cost-effective service than is currently available.
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