The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is the Russian state satellite operator with global coverage. RSCC was founded in 1967 and belongs to the ten largest world satellite operators in terms of satellites and orbital slots. The company possesses the largest satellite constellation in Russia. The satellites are located in the geostationary orbital arc from 14 West to 140 East and cover Russia, CIS, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, North and South America, and Australia. The RSCC terrestrial infrastructure includes five teleports: Dubna, Bear Lakes, Skolkovo, Zheleznogorsk, Khabarovsk and the Shabolovka Technical Center in Moscow as well as its own high-speed optical-fiber digital network.
As the national satellite operator RSCC meets the important state tasks on providing mobile presidential and governmental communications, federal TV & Radio signal transmission over the territory of Russia and the most countries of the world. The company pays serious attention to implementing national projects. RSCC closely interacts with the Russian state authorities in the field of informational and telecommunications and broadcast systems development.
RSCC provides a full range of communications and broadcasting services using its own terrestrial engineering facilities and satellite constellation including spacecraft of Express-AM, Express-A, Bonum-1, series and a part of the French W4 satellite capacity. The company’s satellites offer wide opportunities to establish TV & Radio broadcasting inclusive DTH, IPTV, MPEG-4 services, broadband Internet access, data transmission, videoconferencing, VSAT network deployment, departmental and corporative communications networks worldwide. The company has its own satellite TT&C system. Besides, RSCC controls and monitors the Eutelsat, Intelsat and other satellites using its engineering facilities.
Joint Stock Company Gazprom Space Systems (before December 1, 2008 – JSC Gascom) was established in 1992.
The main Gazprom Space Systems’ shareholder is Gazprom - 79,80%. The company has created and operates Yamal Satellite Communications System consisting of three satellites (Yamal-100, Yamal-201, Yamal-202) and advanced ground telecommunications infrastructure (three teleports, digital satellite TV center, a wide network of ground stations in the Russian regions). Now Gazprom Space Systems is an international operator providing Yamal satellites capacity not only in Russia but also in a considerable part of the Eastern hemisphere. Service Operator, while within Russia the company is also a Services Provider (satellite communication links, satellite broadcasting services, satellite Internet access, aerospace monitoring services) and a System Integrator (development of space and ground communication systems). Gazprom Space Systems has a long-term development program. Having rights to five orbital slots, the company plans to expand the constellation of GEO Yamal satellites thereby creating good development opportunities for the customers.
Gazprom Space Systems is also implementing other space projects thanks to which the company will become an operator of a universal satellite constellation providing the customers with comprehensive info-communications services.
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Inmarsat is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services. The company has an unrivalled heritage in the mobile satellite services (MSS) industry, capitalising on more than three decades' experience to offer a range of voice and broadband data services for mobile users at sea, on land and in the air. Inmarsat's customers include merchant shipping fleets, major broadcasters, oil& gas and mining companies, aid organisations, most of the world's international airlines, defence forces and a wide range of civil government departments. The company's services are delivered through a global network of more than 400 distribution partners and service providers operating in 100 countries. In 2010 Inmarsat announced a $1.2bn investment in a new Ka-band network, Global XpressT (GX), which will deliver speeds of up to 50Mbps to mobile users, and is expected to launch in 2013. Inmarsat is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
