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Top 25 Satellite transponder operators worldwide
RevenueBase identified 500 satellite transponder operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 28,511 professional contacts across them, including 9,554 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Dubai the largest hub.
This list covers satellite transponder operators worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for satellite transponder operators follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest satellite transponder operators worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 6,296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Viasat, we go above and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,997 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At SES, we believe that space has the power to make a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,733 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dish México es el sistema de televisión satelital formado por MVS Comunicaciones, grupo líder de telecomunicaciones en México, y EchoStar Corporation, líder en servicios y…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,435 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At SES, we believe that space has the power to make a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,144 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Eutelsat is a global leader in satellite communications, delivering connectivity and broadcast services worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 853 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.(NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT) is a leading global provider of satellite-based broadband communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 764 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability, and industry-leading customer service, Telesat is one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 629 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ST Engineering iDirect is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 365 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is a world leading provider of communication services for spacecraft and launch vehicles from our uniquely located global ground network, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 365 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HispaSat es el principal motor de la innovación en el sector aeroespacial español y está comprometida con el objetivo de ayudar a los ciudadanos a superar la brecha digital e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 330 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Thaicom Public Company Limited is a leading Asian satellite operator and regional space technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Space is the future for infinite connectivity on Earth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 315 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “True connectivity empowers everything!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1976 by the 21 member-states of the Arab League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 40 years, operating from its headquarter in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Comtech Telecommunications Corp.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Eagle is a leading provider of satellite-based broadband connectivity, television and entertainment services, content and data analytics to aviation, maritime, enterprise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NSSLGIobaI is a leading independent provider of satellite communications and IT solutions to marine, offshore and land-based users with innovation and customer service at the core…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Thuraya Telecommunications Company is the satellite mobility arm of Space Services of Space42.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MEASAT is a premium spacetech provider offering satellite solutions across Malaysia, Asia and Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) is a global multi-orbit provider of fully integrated connectivity services and solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BCom is a leading satellite communications company providing advanced solutions to clients worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Provider of satellitte communications and Backhauling solutions to operators, government, owner of the only low cost rural comunications network( Liga_Liga) Terrestrial network…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AXESS Networks is a leader in satellite telecommunications solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AST Networks is a leading satellite communications provider; enabling global connectivity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Space Norway is Northern Europe’s leading satellite operator and a key player in the European space industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: satellite transponder operators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names satellite transponder operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of satellite transponder operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name satellite transponder operators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Satellite transponder operators worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among satellite transponder operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for satellite transponder operators are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “satellite transponder operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names satellite transponder operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among satellite transponder operators, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 9,554 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Satellite transponder operators by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Satellite transponder operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names satellite transponder operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many satellite transponder operators are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 500 satellite transponder operators worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Viasat, headquartered in Carlsbad, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most satellite transponder operators?
The United States leads with 97 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (32). Every satellite transponder operators list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most satellite transponder operators?
Dubai leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by London (10) and Cairo (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 9,554 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 500 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.