page_title: Intelsat
hierarchical_section_title: Intelsat
caption_attribution_description: English: Tysons Tower is a 330-foot (100&#160;m) high-rise office building, completed in 2014, in the Tysons Corner Center complex in Tysons, Virginia. Photographed from Westpark Drive on February 12, 2017 by Quercus montana
context_page_description: Intelsat Corporation is a communications satellite services provider. Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, from 1964 to 2001 it was an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast services. Intelsat filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors on 13 May 2020, with over US$15 billion in total debt.
  As of March 2011, Intelsat operated a fleet of 52 communications satellites, which was then one of the world's largest fleet of commercial satellites. As of 2016, the company served approximately 1,500 customers and employed a staff of approximately 1,100 people.
context_section_description: Intelsat Corporation (formerly INTEL-SAT, INTELSAT, Intelsat) is a communications satellite services provider. Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO, or INTELSAT), from  1964 to 2001 it was an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast services.  Intelsat filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors on 13 May 2020, with over US$15 billion in total debt.
  As of March 2011, Intelsat operated a fleet of 52 communications satellites, which was then one of the world's largest fleet of commercial satellites. As of 2016, the company served approximately 1,500 customers and employed a staff of approximately 1,100 people.
caption: Tysons Tower, where Intelsat's satellite fleet is controlled from.[1]
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