Carte Satellite Company


 * Not to be confused with the merger from Carte Telecom and fourtsnmedia, Eos.

Carte Satellite Company was the name of Carte Telecom's satellite division, until it was merged in September 2008 and became Eos.

History
Telecarte Européenne originally had a small amount of satellite space, rented from older Astra satellites, including Astra 2A. When it became Carte Satellite Company in 2007, it also owned jSat's previous services.

2007
The company was in constant contact with fourtsnsat, the satellite division from fourtsnmedia, and both companies owned space on each other's satellites, discussion of a merger had been going from early on. Both divisions were part of Six Satellite Broadcasters, a joint consortium, however it slowly dissolved over time, and the merger did not take place.

2008
In May, Carte announced that it was to launch a new satellite, CarteSat1, which harnessed most of Carte Telecom's services, including cellular data and internet traffic, as well as television transmission, it's primary function.

In September, the public announcement of the merger between fourtsnsat and Carte Satellite Company was announced to be called Eos.

Trivia

 * At Carte Telecom's headquarters in Wiltshire, Building 282 is the offices of Carte Satellite Company, 28.2° is the position of the satellite broadcasting over UK & Europe.
 * When jSat became CSC, the name still remained as jSat for a long time, and infact the names on the transponder still show jSat named channels.