List of communication satellite companies

This is a list of all companies currently operating at least one commercial communication satellite or currently has one on order.

Top 20[edit]

The World Teleport Association publishes lists of companies based on revenues from all customized communications sources and includes operators of teleports and satellite fleets. Top satellite operators in 2017 were:^[1]

SES (Luxembourg)
Intelsat S.A. (Luxembourg)
ASAL (Algeria)
Eutelsat (France)
Telesat (Canada)
EchoStar Satellite Services (USA)
Global Eagle (USA)
Telespazio S.p.A.(Italy)
Globecast (France)
SingTel Satellite (Singapore)
Thaicom Public Company Ltd (Thailand)
Encompass Digital Media (USA)
Hispasat (Spain)
Arqiva (UK)
Optus (Australia)
Speedcast (Australia)
Russian Satellite Communications Company (Russia)
Globecomm (USA)
AsiaSat (China)
MEASAT (Malaysia)
Telenor Satellite (Norway)
Kacific (Singapore)
Swarm (USA)

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International
Horizons RASCOM ABS
Africa
Egypt — Nilesat Nigeria — NIGCOMSAT Algeria — Alcomsat-1
Asia
People's Republic of China Chinasat ChinaStar Sinosat Hong Kong APT Satellite Holdings Limited AsiaSat CMMB Vision Bangladesh Bangabandhu-1 SPARRSO BCSC India Agrani ISRO/Antrix (INSAT) ISRO/DECU (EDUSAT・GSAT) Indonesia PT Datakom PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara PT Telkom Bank Rakyat Indonesia Iran — Iranian Space Agency Israel RRsat Station711 Spacecom Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation NTT DoCoMo SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation Kazakhstan — JSC KazSat South Korea — KT Malaysia MEASAT Pakistan SUPARCO Pak Datacom Ltd Qatar — Es'hailSat Saudi Arabia — Arabsat Singapore Singapore Telecommunications NSSLGlobal Ltd Sri Lanka — SupremeSAT Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom Thailand Mu Space Thaicom United Arab Emirates Thuraya Al Yah Satellite Communications Vietnam — VNPT (VINASAT)

Europe
Azerbaijan Azercosmos Bulgaria — Bulgaria Sat France Eutelsat Orange Business Services Stellat Germany Deutsche Telekom Greece — Hellas-Sat Italy — Telespazio Luxembourg Intelsat SES S.A. Fibersat Astra Norway Telenor Vizada Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company Gazprom Space Systems Gonets Spain Hisdesat Hispasat FOSSA Systems Sateliot Tajikistan Discovery Global Net Turkey Eurasiasat SAM Türksat United Kingdom Avanti Communications Inmarsat OneWeb iSat LTD NSSLGlobal Ltd

North America
Canada Kepler Ciel Satellite Group (Ciel-2) Telesat Mexico Mexsat United States DirecTV (AT&T subsidiary) EchoStar (Dish Network) Globalstar Iridium Communications Ligado Networks Orbcomm Intelsat Sirius XM Holdings ViaSat XTAR MTN PanAmSat Satellite Business Systems SpaceX Swarm Technologies
Oceania
Australia SingTel Optus Speedcast Tonga — TONGASAT
South America
Argentina INVAP Satellogic ARSAT Bolivia ABE (TKSAT-1) Brazil Star One INPE Venezuela Ministry of Science and Technology of Venezuela (Venesat-1)

References[edit]

^ https://www.worldteleport.org/news/381555/WORLD-TELEPORT-ASSOCIATION-PUBLISHES-TOP-OPERATOR-RANKINGS-FOR-2017.htm

[1] ttps://www.worldteleport.org/news/381555/WORLD-TELEPORT-ASSOCIATION-PUBLISHES-TOP-OPERATOR-RANKINGS-FOR-2017.htm

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