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Intelsat|ˈɪntɛlsæt|
Also INTELSAT.
[An acronym f. the name of the organization, International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium.]
a. An international organization of member countries formed in 1964 to establish and operate a worldwide system of commercial communication satellites.
b. A communication satellite owned by this organization.
1966Aviation Week 7 Mar. 125/3 International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Intelsat) is already on the road to becoming a profit-making venture by 1970. It now includes 48 nations... U.S.'s Communications Satellite Corp. serves as manager for the consortium. 1967Wall Street Jrnl. 6 Jan. 4/3 The successful weekend orbiting of Intelsat II. 1969Listener 5 June 779/1 In communications we have accepted INTELSAT, for example, a global organisation which runs the satellite communications system. 1971New Scientist 3 June 552/1 The settlement now reached mostly meets the criticism..that Intelsat was American dominated. 1972Sci. Amer. Sept. 111/1 The latest Intelsat has a capacity of 5,000 voice channels or 12 television channels. |