Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Intelsat US LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$298M
Total assets Near avg plan size
88
Participants Small participant base
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3.4M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Intelsat US LLC · Virginia · Information & Media

$298M in assets, 88 participants

Intelsat US LLC's Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported $298M in total assets and 88 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,634 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan sits by assets

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $298M for 88 participants (~$3.4M/participant), down 0.6% in 2024.

#2,634
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-0.6%
assets change YoY
3.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$297,894,381 Top 4% higher than 96% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan is a small filing (88 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $17M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 95 in the plan year 2023 filing to 88 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $300M in the plan year 2023 filing to $298M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 954607698 · Intelsat US LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan · $298M · 88 · 96th

  • BOOK $298M
  • VS-ST 88
  • BOY 96th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Detroit Diesel Corporation Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan
  • PART ind #2634

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$300M
Net Assets (End of Year)$298M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN954607698
Plan Effective Date2001-07-19
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Intelsat US LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Intelsat US LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$926M 25.811343045459623% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$800M$900M$1,000M 202220232024 $736M $926M ▲ +25.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,672 $736M
2023 2 1,745 $849M
2024 2 1,663 $926M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.297894381 · Participants: 88Intelsat Staff Retirement PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.781759216 · Participants: 12678Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.481735153 · Participants: 56633Retirement Security PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.902237059 · Participants: 63530Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.398702873 · Participants: 6737Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.332769083 · Participants: 11758Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Detroit Diesel Corporation Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan in OR ($298M); by covered participants it is Textron Automotive Functional Components Cwc Division, a Division of Textron Inc. Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension Plan in RI (88 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan held essentially flat - down 0.6% during 2024, from $300M to $298M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Intelsat US LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Intelsat US LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.8%, from $736M to $926M.
Where does Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Detroit Diesel Corporation Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan in OR ($298M, 431 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Textron Automotive Functional Components Cwc Division, a Division of Textron Inc. Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension Plan in RI (88 participants, $113M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 954607698.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.