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New Horizons СORPORATE NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERSPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SPACE COMMUNICATIONS NEW HORIZONS To identify new avenues leading to the attain- Intersputnik took a more active stance in human ment of Intersputnik’s goals, there was initiated capacity building having launched NATSATTEL a Development Program to offer debt financing annual international seminars on satellite tele- for the development of space communications communications, training in frequency regulation, business. and an internship program for young profession- als with the Directorate’s structural subdivisions, In 2007 Intersputnik joined RCC as an observer thus contributing to our common future. and has been cooperating with RCC successfully ever since. In the last several years Intersputnik YEARS Vadim Belov has also consolidated its partner relations with IN ORBIT other intergovernmental satellite telecommu- Director General nications organizations (EUTELSAT, IMSO, ITSO), retired on 14 June 2021 with which it signed agreements on coopera- tion. Besides, in 2018 the organization accepted the rights and obligations under the UN treaties on outer space securing at the international lev- el its status of a responsible participant in outer This year our organization will turn 50, and space activities. I am happy to have had the opportunity to trav- el part of this journey together with you – re- Dear colleagues, dear friends, MEMBER- liable partners, esteemed colleagues and dear COUNTRIES friends. I am sure that owing to your profession- I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation alism and dedication to what you do Intersput- and gratitude to you for fruitful cooperation. In nik will continue to make steady progress in the the sixteen years I have held the position of the interests of all current and future Members and Director General we have managed to achieve Signatories. much. I highly value the partner and friendly re- lationship we have established. Let me describe in very broad brush strokes how our organization There were carried out a number of major interna- Intersputnik became the first international in- On 14 June 2021 there expired the tenure of In- approached its 50th anniversary. tional satellite projects involving the use of Inter- tergovernmental organization that declared its tersputnik’s Director General Vadim Belov. As sputnik’s orbit and spectrum resource. They have acceptance of the responsibility for compliance decided by the joint 49th session of the Board rd 16 YEARS become a qualitatively new area of the organiza- with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and 23 session of the Operations Committee of IN OFFICE tion’s business. Intersputnik, the office of the Director General was taken over on 15 June 2021 by Ksenia Droz- dova. At the joint session, the Board and the Op- DIVIDENDS erations Committee expressed appreciation to Vadim Belov for his “responsible attitude to the common cause and many years’ service in the aim of attaining the goals of the Intersputnik In- Vadim Belov was elected Director General of ternational Organization of Space Communica- Intersputnik four times – in 2005, 2009, 2013, tions, and for efficiently putting into practice the and 2017. tasks the Directorate was charged with". Since 2005 the organization has expanded its Over the past period Intersputnik’s revenues membership and geographic extension: it was have grown more than two times. This helped to joined by one more, twenty sixth, country – the improve financial stability and pay nearly 3.5 times Federal Republic of Somalia – from the African more to Intersputnik Members and Signatories in region, which had not been represented in In- terms of dividends. tersputnik earlier, and the number of national Signatories grew from twenty one to twenty Intersputnik’s subsidiary Isatel has also been de- five. There was laid the groundwork for the veloping successfully providing full-scale services accession to Intersputnik of a new Member, to build and operate satellite telecommunications which we will be able to welcome to our mul- networks, including ground infrastructure. tinational family after domestic procedures are completed. 4 5 Andrey Zhivov Evgeny Buydinov Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Operations Committee Mr. Andrey Zhivov, born in 1987, graduated in 2009 Mr. Zhivov coordinates the activity of the telecom- Born on 12 November 1964 in Kimry, Kalinin Region. Visit the website of Russian Satellite Communi- from the Moscow Technical University of Commu- munications administration of the Russian Federa- In 1991 graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute cations Company, Intersputnik’s Signatory for nications and Informatics majoring in Computers, tion focusing on the improvement of the efficiency majoring in radio engineering. In 2014 earned an Russia Computer Complexes, Systems and Networks. In of Russian Federation’s participation in internation- МВА in “Management of Innovations in Telecommu- 2014 he earned a master’s degree in international al organizations dealing with information and com- nications Companies” from Moscow Technical Uni- https://eng.rscc.ru/ relations from the European Studies Institute that munications technologies, the Internet, and postal versity of Communications and Informatics. In 2016 is part of the Moscow State Institute of Internation- services, such as the International Telecommunica- the same university awarded Mr. Buydinov a DBА in al Relations. tion Union, Universal Postal Union, Regional Com- “Management of Infocommunications Companies”. Author of the RSCC Innovative Development Pro- monwealth in the Field of Communications, et al. gram. Member of the International Telecommuni- For several years Mr. Zhivov worked as a technical From 1991 Mr. Buydinov was employed as a cation Academy. Holder of the Medal of the Order expert for a number of IT and banking companies. Besides, Mr. Zhivov is a contact person for the Rus- design engineer by MKB Raduga in Dubna. In “For Merit to the Fatherland”, Class 2, ministerial Since 2011 Mr. Zhivov has been an officer of the sian Federation in a number of industry-specific 1995 he took another job at ZAO Rustel rising from awards and company awards, and the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communica- working bodies engaged in the development of the engineer to Deputy Technical Director to Technical Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour for tions and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. digital economy in such international organizations Director. From 2007 – Director of Department at a significant contribution to the implementation Currently, he holds the position of Deputy Direc- as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and OOO Inline Technologies Group. In December 2007 of the project of digitizing TV broadcasting in the tor, Department for Mass Media and International Development, G20, BRICS, and others. At the same Mr. Buydinov came to work at Russian Satellite Russian Federation. Married, one daughter. Serves Cooperation Development. time, he represents Russia in the ICANN Govern- Communications Company (RSCC) as Investment as the Chairman of the Operations Committee mental Advisory Committee. Projects Director – Head of Investment Projects since April 2021. Service. From May 2011 he held the offices of Head Visit the website of the Intersputnik Member for Upon the proposal of the Regional Commonwealth of Investment Projects Service and Deputy Director Read at intersputnik.online Mr. Evgeny Buydinov’s Russia – the Ministry of Digital Development, in the Field of Communications, Mr. Zhivov was General for Innovative Development at RSCC. statement concerning the performance of the Communications and Mass Media of the Russian elected Vice-Chairman of the Working Group of the In November 2017 Mr. Buydinov was appointed functions of the Chairman of the Operations Com- Federation Plenary during the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference Deputy Director General for Communications mittee and proposals concerning lines of business of the International Telecommunication Union. Systems Development and Operation. aimed at developing Intersputnik. https://digital.gov.ru/en/ STRATEGY The Board and the Operations Committee of High throughput geostationary satellites (GEO HTS) with universal digital payload Intersputnik expressed appreciation to Jacek Oko, President of the Office of Electronic Low Earth orbit multi-satellite systems for high-speed Internet access and IoT Communications of the Republic of Poland, for directing the activity of the Intersputnik Shared access systems in VSAT networks Board in the capacity of its Chair in 2020-2021. Use of satellites of Members and Signatories for the benefit of the organization Informing Members and Signatories of the latest trends in satellite communications 6 7 Most of the interlocutors expressed interest in The cooperative model, in which operators agree deepening the interaction of the Signatories with on the joint operation of satellites on certain princi- the Directorate with respect to joint satellite pro- ples, helps use satellite communications services as jects and the establishment of new satellite con- a temporary solution (until national systems are put stellations within the framework of partnership into operation) or on an ongoing basis. Joint pro- programmes, where Intersputnik could take over jects in this area will be cheaper owing to the use of the functions of a project office. The point is that existing own fragments of the satellite communica- the organization needs to continue coordinating tion and broadcasting
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