The company’s net losses, however, widened to $214.48 million from 181.91 million in 2010 and included a $158 million non-recurring charge received for loss on early extinguishment of Intelsat’s debt resulting from refinancing activity. Intelsat’s adjusted EBITDA remained flat at $500.8 million, which constitutes 78 percent of the operator’s revenue.

   “Business activity is strong, driven by favorable demand trends for broadband infrastructure and media distribution for DTH and cable applications,” Intelsat CEO David McGlade said in a statement. “Overall growth was muted as a result of reduced mobile satellite services revenues in our government business and decreased network services revenues. Still, we experienced strong revenue growth of 9 percent in our government business and modest growth in our media business.”

   Intelsat’s contracted services backlog was $9.8 billion at the end of the second quarter. McGlade said the operator plans to launch seven satellites through the first half of 2013. “As we add new transponders, enhanced beams and refreshed capacity, we will be able to support our customers’ expansion plans and emerging services with attractive growth profiles, such as broadband connectivity for maritime and other mobile communications,” he said.