satellite communication founded 1984 merged with intelsat corp. june 20 2006 headquarters greenwich connecticut u.s. website www.intelsat.com the former panamsat corporation founded in 1984 by reynold rene anselmo was a satellite service provider headquartered in greenwich connecticut . it operated a fleet of communications satellites used by the entertainment industry news agencies internet service providers government agencies and telecommunication companies . anselmo got the idea for panamsat from norm leventhal a communications lawyer in washington d.c. to whom he had turned to for advice regarding difficulties he was encountering in getting reasonably priced satellite transmission of his uhf tv based spanish international network sin with studios on 42nd street in new york city . anselmo financed the entire project himself and leventhal s law firm hiring martin rothblatt for special satellite technical advice filed for approval from the federal communications commission and lining up an initial satellite from rca astro electronics and a heavily discounted launch from arianespace . panamsat effectively broke the monopoly on international satellite communications which was held by intelsat an international treaty based organization founded and owned by several countries including the united states . panamsat led by anselmo successfully lobbied the united states congress to permit it to operate globally competing against intelsat . panamsat and anselmo became famous for full page advertisements in the wall street journal depicting spot the panamsat mascot urinating on politicians legs . the company s motto was truth and technology will triumph over bullshit and bureaucracy . following the death of rene anselmo in 1995 1 his widow mary anselmo controlled the company for a time . panamsat was sold to hughes electronics a division of general motors in a 3 billion cash and stock deal . the satellite operations continued to be under panamsat with hughes being the majority shareholder . in may 1997 hughes communication galaxy merged with panamsat adding 9 more satellites to its fleet . in 2003 news corporation purchased hughes electronic s panamsat division and on april 24 2004 sold panamsat to a consortium of private equity firms in a leveraged buyout including kohlberg kravis roberts & co. kkr carlyle group and providence equity partners for 4.3 billion . contents 1 2004 leveraged buyout 2 satellite fleet 3 external links 4 references 2004 leveraged buyout edit kkr led the 2004 leveraged buyout by purchasing a 44 % stake in the company by . carlyle and providence each invested 27 % with management representing the remainder of the equity . the consortium invested only 550 million in equity financing the remainder through bank loans and bonds . the transaction closed in august 2004 . one month after the buyout the company issued an additional 250 million in discount notes which were used to pay the consortium dividends . three months later panamsat filed an initial public offering with the securities and exchange commission sec . in an ironic twist of fate its private equity owners sold panamsat to its archrival intelsat in august 2005 for a total of 4.3 billion in a deal finally consummated in july 2006 . at the time of its sale panamsat was the world s leading carrier of tv channels . in combination with intelsat which had also gone private under private equity ownership in 2000 the new company called intelsat is the world s largest commercial satellite company with 53 spacecraft serving over 200 countries with nearly 1400 employees . in march 2007 forbes magazine estimated the net worth of rene anselmo s widow mary anselmo at 1 billion . anselmo 78 lives in greenwich connecticut . 1 satellite fleet edit satellite manufacturer type launch vehicle launch date status notes sbs 1 hughes hs 376 delta nov 1 1980 retired jan 1990 sbs 2 hughes hs 376 delta sep 1 1981 retired sept 1996 sbs 3 hughes hs 376 space shuttle columbia sts 5 nov 11 1982 retired june 1995 galaxy 1 hughes hs 376 delta jun 1 1983 retired apr 1 1994 galaxy 2 hughes hs 376 delta sep 1 1983 retired may 1994 sbs 4 hughes hs 376 space shuttle discovery sts 41 d aug 30 1984 retired aug 1999 galaxy 3 hughes hs 376 delta sep 1 1984 retired oct 1995 pas 1 general electric ge 3000 ariane 44lp jun 15 1988 retired feb 2001 sbs 5 hughes hs 376 ariane 3 sep 1 1988 retired mar 2000 sbs 6 hughes hs 393 ariane 44l oct 1 1990 active galaxy 6 hughes hs 376 ariane 44l oct 12 1990 retired feb 2003 galaxy 5 hughes hs 376 atlas i mar 14 1992 retired jan 2005 galaxy 1r hughes hs 376 atlas i 22 aug 92 launch failure aug 22 1992 launch failure august 22 1992 galaxy 7 hughes hs 601 ariane 42p oct 27 1992 on orbit failure nov 2000 galaxy 4 hughes hs 601 ariane 42p jun 1 1993 on orbit failure may 1998 galaxy 1r hughes hs 376 delta ii 7925 8 feb 19 1994 retired mar 7 2006 pas 2 hughes hs 601 ariane 44l jul 8 1994 active dec 2008 pas 3 hughes hs 601 ariane 42p dec 1 1994 launch failure dec 1 1994 launch failure december 1 1994 pas 4 hughes hs 601 ariane 42l aug 3 1995 active galaxy 3r hughes hs 601 atlas iia dec 1 1995 on orbit failure mar 2006 pas 3r hughes hs 601 ariane 44l jan 12 1996 active galaxy 9 hughes hs 376 delta ii 7925 jun 12 1996 active pas 6 space systems loral fs 1300 ariane 44p aug 8 1997 on orbit failure apr 2004 pas 5 hughes hs 601 hp proton k aug 27 1997 active galaxy 8i hughes hs 601 hp atlas iias dec 8 1997 retired oct 2002 galaxy 10 hughes hs 601 high power delta iii aug 26 1998 launch failure aug 26 1998 launch failure august 26 1998 pas 7 space systems loral fs 1300 ariane 44lp sep 15 1998 active pas 8 space systems loral fs 1300 proton k nov 4 1998 active pas 6b hughes hs 601 hp ariane 42l dec 21 1998 active galaxy 11 hughes hs 702 ariane 44l dec 21 1999 active galaxy 10r hughes hs 601 hp ariane 42l jan 24 2000 retired may 2008 galaxy 4r hughes hs 601 hp ariane 42l apr 18 2000 retired jul 2006 pas 9 hughes hs 601 hp sea launch zenit 3sl jul 28 2000 active pas 12 space systems loral fs 1300 ariane 44lp oct 29 2000 active pas 1r hughes hs 702 ariane 5 g nov 15 2000 active pas 10 hughes hs601 hp proton may 15 2001 active galaxy 3c hughes hs 702 sea launch zenit 3sl jun 15 2002 active galaxy 12 orbital sciences corp star 2 ariane 5 g apr 9 2003 active galaxy 13 hughes hs 601 hp sea launch zenit 3sl oct 1 2003 active galaxy 14 orbital sciences corp star 2 soyuz fg fregat aug 14 2005 active galaxy 15 orbital sciences corp star 2 ariane 5 gs oct 14 2005 on orbit failure of command system later on recovered april 2010 2 waas payload external links edit official website space.com article references edit a b the 400 richest americans 374 mary anselmo . forbes.com . september 21 2006 . attempt to shut down zombie satellite galaxy 15 fails . spacex . retrieved may 5 2010 . coordinates 38 56 30 n 77 03 49 w 38.94167 n 77.06361 w 38.94167 ; 77.06361 v t e intelsat ltd. main articles comsat intelsat americas panamsat international telecommunications satellite organization sts 49 list of intelsat satellites spacecraft intelsat i ii iii intelsat i intelsat ii f 1 ii f 2 ii f 3 ii f 4 intelsat iii f 1 iii f 2 iii f 3 iii f 4 iii f 5 iii f 6 iii f 7 iii f 8 intelsat iv intelsat iv f 1 iv f 2 iv f 3 iv f 4 iv f 5 iv f 6 iv f 7 iv f 8 iva f 1 iva f 2 iva f 3 iva f 4 iva f 5 iva f 6 intelsat v intelsat v f 1 v f 2 v f 3 v f 4 v f 5 v f 6 v f 7 v f 8 v f 9 va f 10 va f 11 va f 12 va f 13 va f 14 va f 15 intelsat vi intelsat 601 602 603 604 605 intelsat 7 10 intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10 02 ex panamsat intelsat 1r 2 3r 4 5 6b 7 8 9 10 11 12 recent intelsat intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a.k.a. new dawn 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39 galaxy intelsat americas galaxy 3c 4r 5 9 10r 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28 other apr 1 apr 2 horizons 1 horizons 2 horizons 3e intelsat k marisat f2 sbs 6 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