Doing some research on how companies go about it..
SES Secures Coface Backing
December 22, 2009 | Satellite Today | Staff Writer [Satellite TODAY 12-22-09] SES has secured an export credit funding facility worth about 523 million euros ($749.5 million) from Coface, France?s export credit agency, SES announced Dec. 21. SES said it has arranged the facility to finance four new satellites ? Astra 2E, Astra...
Google "funding satellites"
The main thing any financier would want is for the capacity (enough to repay the loan at least) to be pre-sold IMHO.
PS " SES NewSkies, the synergistic business partner to NewSat?s teleport operations" so they would IMHO give NWT a heads up..
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What does broadband satellite really mean?
Broadband satellite systems both receive and transmit rich-media content to and among network end-users whether at home or in the office-these systems are not intended to supply huge amounts of bandwidth for backbone infrastructure purposes.
The market need is great for two-way broadband network access across large geographical areas where infrastructure has not been built out, or would be too costly to implement.
In short, satellite will become the broadband "local-loop" in such communities.
Forecasted broadband satellite service revenues are projected in Figure 1 over the next eight years, growing from $2.2B this year to over $40B and contribute 30 percent of broadband service revenues worldwide. Thus, there is considerable economic motivation for today's heavy investment in next-generation broadband satellite systems by a number of players. [1]
Fig.1 Global broadband satellite service revenue growth
And some wonder why I'm still positive about Newsat?
