SES Americom

SES AMERICOM
Company typePrivate company
IndustryCommunications
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975) (as RCA Americom)
Defunct2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FateMerged
SuccessorSES World Skies
HeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Area served
North America
ProductsSatellite services
Revenue€261.7 million (Q1-Q3 2008) [1]
€63.2 million (Q1-Q3 2008)
Number of employees
414 (2007)
ParentSES

SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States. The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 and then later acquired by SES in 2001. In September 2009, SES Americom and SES New Skies merged into SES World Skies.[2]

  1. ^ "SES Reports Continued Strong Results" (PDF). SES S.A. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "SES re-brands international divisions". Rapidtvnews.com. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.