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.

International
Horizons RASCOM
Africa
Egypt — Nilesat Nigeria — NigComSat Ltd
Asia and Oceania
Australia SingTel Optus NewSat People's Republic of China Chinasat ChinaStar Sinosat Hong Kong APT Satellite Holdings Limited AsiaSat 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 Binariang Sdn. Bhd. (MEASAT) Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission SUPARCO Pak Datacom Ltd Saudi Arabia — Arabsat Singapore Singapore Telecommunications NSSLGlobal Ltd Sri Lanka — Supreme Group (PVT) LTD Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom Thailand — Thaicom/formerly Shin Satellite Tonga — TONGASAT United Arab Emirates Thuraya YahSat Vietnam — VNPT (VINASAT)

Europe
France Eutelsat France Télécom Stellat Télédiffusion de France Germany Deutsche Telekom OHB System Greece — Hellas-Sat Luxembourg Intelsat SES S.A. Fibersat S.A. Netherlands — SES World Skies Norway — Telenor Romania — Lamit Company Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company Gaskom Global Information Systems Intersputnik Media Most (Bonum) Spain Hisdesat Hispasat Sweden — Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget Turkey Eurasiasat SAM Turksat United Kingdom Avanti Communications ICO Satellite Management Inmarsat iSat LTD NSSLGlobal Ltd

North America
Canada Ciel Satellite Group (Ciel-2) Telesat Mexico Satmex Mexsat United States AirTV Astrolink DirecTV EchoStar Globalstar Hughes Network Systems (Spaceway) International Satellite Communications Iridium Communications LightSquared Orbcomm PanAmSat Spacenet Sirius Satellite Radio Teledesic TerreStar ViaSat 1worldspace XM Satellite Radio XTAR
South America
Argentina AprizeSat (LatinSat) Nahuelsat Venezuela Ministry of Science and Technology of Venezuela (Venesat-1) Brazil Star One INPE

Satellite communication

Main articles	Satellite television Satellite radio Relay satellite Transponder Satellite Internet access Amateur satellites List of communications satellite firsts List of communication satellite companies Ground station more...

Hardware	Satellite Data Unit Satellite dish Satellite modem Very small aperture terminal Satellite phone

Satellite radio/TV	DVB-SH S-DMB DVB-RCS DVB-S2 Digital Audio Radio Service more sat radio... more sat tv...

Broadcast radio/TV companies	Astra Digital Radio 1worldspace Sirius XM Radio Dish Network DirecTV AfriStar Sky Television plc

Relay satellite companies	EMC Corporation Inmarsat Iridium Communications SES Eutelsat Echostar Hughes Network Systems SED Systems Tooway Viasat Globalstar Telesat

Satellite manufacturing companies	Thales Alenia Space Astrium Arianespace Boeing Lockheed Martin Loral INVAP

Trade organizations	ETSI Satellite Digital Radio Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

See also: Category:Communications satellites

Spaceflight lists and timelines

General

Human spaceflight

General	Manned spacecraft timeline Spaceflights 1961–70 1971–80 1981–90 1991–2000 2001–10 2011–present by program Soviet Russian Mercury Gemini Apollo Shenzhou

Salyut	Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors

Mir	Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors

ISS	Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors

Shuttle	Crews Missions timeline Rollbacks

People	Astronauts by name by year of selection by first flight Apollo Chinese astronauts Cosmonauts Married couples among space travelers Space travelers by name Space travelers by nationality timeline

EVA	1965–1999 2000–2014 2015–present Cumulative spacewalk records Spacewalkers

Solar System exploration

Earth-orbiting satellites

Vehicles

Launches by rocket type

Agencies, companies
and facilities

Other mission lists
and timelines

Telecommunications

History

Pioneers

Transmission
media

Network topology
and switching

Multiplexing

Networks

By continent

Telecommunications in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

Telecommunications in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

Telecommunications in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

Telecommunications in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Navassa Island Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

Telecommunications in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Fiji Indonesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Telecommunications in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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