KOUROU, French Guiana — I

ntelsat outlasted Eutelsat in an Oct. 29 auction of the in-orbit ProtoStar 1 telecommunications satellite with a $210 million all-cash offer that far exceeded what most industry observers had predicted and demonstrated the continued dynamism of the fixed satellite services industry.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.