Intelsat Eyeing Government Customers With OneWeb Merger Capabilities

Operation of a OneWeb low earth orbit (LEO) constellation is years off, but Intelsat is contemplating numerous applications for government and civil agency customers, said Intelsat General President Skot Butler in a blog post Tuesday. The OneWeb/Intelsat planned merger is aimed at making Intelsat General "a one-stop" geostationary/LEO service provider, with applications including provision of tactical Wi-Fi service for military operations in the field and support of unmanned aircraft systems operations over the Arctic.