Editing Intelsat (section)

=== Intelsat S.A. (Luxembourg) ===
In April 2013, the renamed Intelsat S.A. undertook an [[initial public offering]] on the New York Stock Exchange, raising a net US$550 million, of which US$492 million was paid immediately to reduce outstanding company debts of US$15.9 billion. In May 2013, the company announced it would be purchasing four new high-performance [[Boeing]] [[Boeing 702|EpicNG 702 MP]] satellites.<ref name=wswj20130418>
{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/04/18/intelsat-ipo-misses-target-on-launch/|title=Intelsat IPO Misses Target on Launch|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=18 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2013/05/10/intelsat-signs-new-major-boeing-deal-releases-first-quarter-results/|title=Intelsat Signs New Major Boeing Deal, Releases First Quarter Results|author=Veronica Magan|date=10 May 2013 |publisher=Satellite Today}}</ref>

In 2015, Intelsat [[Delaware General Corporation Law|reincorporated in Delaware]]{{why|date=May 2020}} and became Intelsat Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satellite Operator Intelsat Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - SWFI |url=https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/79694/satellite-operator-intelsat-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.swfinstitute.org}}</ref>

There were negotiations in 2017 that Intelsat could potentially merge with [[SoftBank Group|Softbank]]-backed [[Eutelsat OneWeb|OneWeb]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oneweb-intelsat-m-a-idUSKBN1671CW |title=Merger of OneWeb and Intelsat|work=Reuters|date=28 February 2017|last1=Medhora|first1=Irene Klotz}}</ref> However, on 1 June 2017, it was announced that the bondholders would not accept the offer and that the potential merger would be terminated as of 2 June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-01/intelsat-bondholders-said-to-reject-proposed-merger-with-oneweb|access-date=2017-06-05|title=SoftBank's Satellite Merger Disintegrates as Debt Deal Rejected|website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=June 2017 }}</ref>