Horizons Satellite
| joint venture | |
| Industry | Satellite communications |
| Founded | July 1, 2001, United States |
| Founders | JSAT Corporation, PanAmSat |
| Products | |
| Total equity | US$ 110 Millions (2001) |
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Horizons Satellite is a joint venture between Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Originally formed in 2001, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between JSAT Corporation and PanAmSat for the launch of Horizons-1, it was renewed for Horizons-2. JSAT later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group and PanAmSat was acquired by Intelsat, but the companies continued with the relationship, with the order for Horizons-3e. Both companies also launched a joint satellite, Intelsat 15/JCSAT-85, but instead of the equal share agreement of this joint venture, JSAT owns a specific payload of 5 transponders out of the 22 Ku band transponders of the spacecraft.
On August 1, 2001, JSAT Corporation announced an equal share joint venture with PanAmSat, called Horizons Satellite. On September 4, 2001, it ordered from Boeing its first satellite, Horizons-1/Galaxy 13. It was a 4 t (4.4 tons) spacecraft with 24 C band and 24 Ku band transponders. It had a 10 kW power generation capacity and 15 years of expected life.
On the same day of the satellite order, Boeing disclosed that it had received an parallel contract from PanAmSat, where the latter had excercised an existing option to launch Horizons-1 from its Sea Launch subsidiary.
On October 22, 2002, JSAT and PanAmSat announced a joint sales agreement where JSAT's clients would gain access to PAS 2 and PAS 8, while PanAmSat's would get JCSAT-2A and JCSAT-3. A week later, on October 28, Horizons Satellites obtained permission to operate in Japan.
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