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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 11:04 pm
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Originally Posted by mduell
It is not, PanAmSat is owned by/merged into Intelsat, no ownership relation to Panasonic.
But Panasonic doesn't own the satellites used for the service provided. They buy bandwidth from companies like Intelsat. So there is a relationship, but it is a commercial one; they aren't the same company.

I guess there are a few 753s with the Panasonic kit flying.
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