CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
6 June 1989
International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
(INTELSAT)
Background
The two basic agreements, which entered into
force on 12 February 1973 are :
(1) Agreement Relating to
the
International
Telecommunications
Satellite
Organisation
2.
"INTELSAT" (the "Agreement").
(2) Operating Agreement Relating to the International
Telecommunications
Satellite
"INTELSAT" (the "Operating Agreement").
Organisation
The Agreement established the International
Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
development,
construction,
(INTELSAT)
(Agreement, Article II(a)). Its main purpose is to
continue and carry forward on a definitive basis the
design,
establishment,
operation and maintenance of the space segment of the
global commercial telecommunications satellite system, as
originally established under the provisions of the Interim
Agreement and the Special Agreement of 1964 (Agreement,
Article II(a)). INTELSAT's primary objective is further
defined as "the provision, on a commercial basis, of the