Satellite Operators

Arabsat is the regional GEO operator backed by a Saudi-led consortium of Arab League states. It has been around since 1976 and operates out of Riyadh, with a fleet that…

Russian Satellite Communications Company is Moscow’s state-owned GEO operator, founded in the Soviet era and still running the orbital backbone for Russia’s broadcasters, telecom providers, and government networks. It manages…

Türksat is Turkey’s state-owned satellite operator, created in the mid-90s to consolidate Ankara’s control over broadcast and telecom infrastructure. It is less a commercial company than a national utility wrapped…

Yahsat is the UAE’s state satellite operator, created in 2007 and owned by Mubadala. It has grown into a regional heavyweight with a mixed fleet of Al Yah, Thuraya, and…

Avanti is one of those operators that refuses to die quietly. Born in London two decades ago, they were early to gamble on Ka-band from GEO, branded it “HYLAS,” and…

E-Space is Greg Wyler’s latest constellation project, launched in 2022 after his runs with O3b and OneWeb. The sales pitch is that this will be the “sustainable” megaconstellation, with satellites…

Azercosmos is Azerbaijan’s state satellite operator, created by presidential order in 2010 to make sure the country had its own orbital assets instead of renting capacity from others. It is…

Kacific Broadband Satellites is a regional GEO operator built for one purpose: deliver Ka-band broadband to underserved countries across Asia and the Pacific. Founded in 2013 and run out of…

Sky Perfect JSAT is Japan’s hybrid beast of a company: half satellite operator, half pay-TV platform. It was born out of consolidation in the early 2000s when Japan’s private satellite…

China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. (China Satcom) is the state’s satellite operator, sitting under CASC and functioning less as a business than as an arm of national telecom strategy. It…