Loral Space & Communications Inc., a satellite communications company, provides satellite-based services to broadcast, telecom, corporate, and government customers worldwide. The company engages in the distribution or collection of video and audio signals, which include television programming, occasional use, bundled, and radio services, as well as value added services, such as digital encoding, satellite capacity, uplinking, and downlinking. It is also involved in the provision of satellite capacity and ground network services for voice, data, image transmission, and internet services; and consulting services related to space and earth segments, government studies, satellite control services, and research and development. As of December 31, 2012, the company operated through 13 in-orbit satellites; and ownership in the Canadian Ka-band payload on the ViaSat-1 satellite. In addition, the company provides X-band communications services to the United States, Spanish, and allied government users, including the U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of State; various agencies of the Spanish Government; the Belgium Ministry of Defense; the Norwegian Ministry of Defense; and the Danish armed forces, as well as manages the operations of additional satellites for third parties. Loral Space & Communications Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York.