Ciel Satellite Group

Ciel Satellite Group

Type	Private
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Area served	the Americas
Services	satellite operator
Owner(s)	Borealis Infrastructure, SES

Ciel Satellite Group is a private Canadian satellite operator, established in 2004, providing services throughout the Americas as a result of Borealis Infrastructure, a financial institution, partnered with satellite operator SES. The headquarters are located in Ottawa, Ontario^[1]. Ciel was founded to develop Canadian spectrum opportunities and meet the demand for domestic competitive satellite services. In 2006, Ciel requested Thales Alenia Space to manufacture the Ciel-2 satellite, which was launched on an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 10, 2008.

Reference

1. ^ "Homepage". Ciel Satellite Group. http://www.cielsatellite.ca/company.php. Retrieved 2010-12-31.