PARIS— Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s on March 21 downgraded satellite fleet operator Intelsat’s credit rating, saying that while the company had sufficient cash flow to fund its operations it had moved a step closer to a partial loan default.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.