The 1980s

Growth with Global Satellite Coverage

Royal Wedding Coverage
July 29, 1981

Intelsat provides global television coverage for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.

Live Aid Concert
July 13, 1985

Worldwide television coverage of the Live Aid Concert to benefit the famine victims in Africa reaches millions of viewers across 88 nations via the Intelsat network.

Seoul Olympic Broadcast
September 1988

Continuing a 20-year tradition of Olympic broadcasts, Intelsat provides record-breaking television coverage of the Seoul Summer Olympics, using nine satellites to provide coverage to a worldwide audience of three billion people.

Birth of HD Television

On 12 April 1989, Intelsat delivers the first international digital HD transmission between the United States and Japan, continuing its role at the forefront of technology innovation.