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Founded in 1964 as Intelsat, the organization was the world’s first commercial communications satellite operator. Today, with capacity on a fleet of geostationary satellites and expanding terrestrial network assets, Intelsat continues to provide connectivity for telephony, corporate network, broadcast and internet services.
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- Geostationary Satellite
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- Corporate Network
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Heath-Brown, N. (2015). International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO). In: Heath-Brown, N. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2016. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-57823-8_42
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