Resources

Resources

Resources

Our resources help explain the basics of the satellite technology and provide additional information about Intelsat General’s services and solutions.

  • Satellite Basics – an introduction to using satellite technology for communications
  • Glossary – A to Z of industry terms and acronyms
  • Videos – meet Intelsat General

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Case Studies

Successful uses of satellites for communication

Over the past year, IGC engineers have streamlined the network, established a central monitoring capability and installed new equipment at teleports to optimize delivery of radio and television programming to U.S. troops and embassies around the world – all without any interruption in service.
On the first day of its military Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) performance period, contract winner Intelsat General received an emergency task order from the U.S. Navy to supply connectivity support to one of its ships.

Whitepapers

Deeper looks at the satellite technology and its advantages

The recently released US Space Policy highlights the fact that the space environment is in a period of evolution and growth.  In particular, the policy notes: •    The space environment is rapidly changing and these changes will require a corresponding change in our actions. •    Greater international cooperation is desirable, including leveraging the existing and planned space capabilities of allies. •    “Responsible operations in space” are critical and this will necessitate improved information collection and sharing to avoid collisions and to protect critical space systems. •    The government should increase its reliance on commercial space activities and consider innovative approaches such as public-private partnerships. The policy recognizes that as more countries and more commercial entities develop space capabilities, there will be a need to better define the rules for responsible behavior in space.  As the space environment continues to grow and evolve, this will create new stresses on existing public and private law.  This paper examines current private sector initiatives to enhance data sharing between commercial satellite communications operators through the Space Data Association Limited (SDA).   It will discuss the international policy and legal implications of the SDA and the efforts being made by the participants to manage both legal and physical risk. 
A recent contract provides end-to-end satellite and terrestrial communications from US Navy ships to their regional communications stations. This effort required the creation of a worldwide command and control system to provision, control, monitor, and display the entire operation. Building this system required reverse-engineering older communications equipment and standing up a central provisioning database. It also required institutional and technical changes to transition from a paper-based, manual style of operations to a web-based, automatic and remote style. The lessons learned for this project may be of use for other integrators and military planners facing a similar task.
The Global War on Terror, program overruns, and increasing demand for new capabilities hasplaced an ever increasing strain on National Space Assets, from communications satellites toearth and space observing systems. This strain has also created an opportunity. With the goal ofincreasing the number and capability of spacebased payloads-at reduced costs compared todedicated systems-the concept of “Hosted Payloads” [1] has recently been attracting theattention of both Government and Industry as an example of how the government can do thingsdifferently and focus on capabilities, not systems 

Brochures

Intelsat General services and solutions in printable format