Satellite Business Systems

Satellite Business Systems
IndustrySatellite communication
FoundedDecember 15, 1975
HeadquartersMcLean, Virginia, US
OwnerIBM, Aetna and COMSAT

Satellite Business Systems (SBS) was a company founded by IBM, Aetna, COMSAT (and later wholly purchased by IBM and then subsequently sold to MCI), that provided private professional satellite communications through its SBS fleet of FSS geosynchronous satellites, and was the first company to do so.

SBS was founded on December 15, 1975 by the aforementioned companies with the goal of providing a digital satellite communications network for business and other professional clients.