Federal State Unitary Enterprise Satellite Communications or Russian Satellite Communications Company is the main state operator of communications satellites. It is the Russian operator for the international satellite communications systems Intelsat, Eutelsat and Intersputnik, cooperating with these organizations and handling international account settlements.[1]
As the national satellite operator, RSCC meets the important state tasks on providing mobile presidential and governmental communications, federal TV and Radio signal transmission over the territory of Russia and the most countries of the world.
History
In 1965-1967, 20 Orbita Earth stations were built and put into operation in the eastern regions of the USSR, which were used to broadcast central television programs. November 4, 1967, when broadcasts of central television programs in the Orbita system became regular, is considered the company's birthday. In 1968, by order of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, the Space Communications Station was established, which was then transformed into the state enterprise Space Communications. On April 19, 2001, GPKS received the status of a federal state unitary enterprise (RSCC).[2][3]