Intelsat Juggling Satellites In Face of Launch Delay

摘要

Intelsat is juggling its satellite-deployment schedule to cope with launch-vehicle delays and the need to replace an aging satellite before it runs out of fuel. Washington-based Intelsat, which is also refinancing several billion dollars of its debt, is finding out that even the world's largest satellite-fleet operator is at the mercy of the current bottlenecks and supply-chain hiccups affecting the global commercial launch industry.