| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications |
| Founded | 1975 (as RCA Americom) |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | SES World Skies |
| Headquarters | Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
Area served | North America |
| Products | Satellite services |
| Revenue | €261.7 million (Q1-Q3 2008) [1] |
| €63.2 million (Q1-Q3 2008) | |
Number of employees | 414 (2007) |
| Parent | SES |
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]
- ^ "SES Reports Continued Strong Results" (PDF). SES S.A. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2016.
- ^ "SES re-brands international divisions". Rapidtvnews.com. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2009.