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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2002
                                                         Registration No. 333-
================================================================================


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 ---------------

                            New Skies Satellites N.V.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



             The Netherlands                                N/A
    (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    incorporation or organization)


                              Rooseveltplantsoen 4
                               2517 KR The Hague,
                                 The Netherlands
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan
      New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory Board
              New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan
 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board

                            (Full title of the plans)

                             CT Corporation System,
                           1633 Broadway, 23rd Floor,
                           New York, New York, 10019,
                                 (212) 664-1666

            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                              Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.
                       Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
                                One Liberty Plaza
                            New York, New York 10006

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<TABLE>

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
                                             Amount                   Proposed                  Proposed                Amount of
             Title of                        to be                    Maximum                    Maximum               Registration
            Securities                   Registered (1)               Offering                  Aggregate             Fee (2)(3)(4)
              to be                                                    Price                    Offering
            Registered                                            Per Share (2)(3)            Price (2)(3)
<S>                                      <C>                      <C>                         <C>                     <C>
Ordinary Shares, nominal value .05
(five Eurocent) per share, to be
issued under the following plans:
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999             1,168,554                  $5.00(2)                $5,842,770(2)             $670.19(2)
Stock Option Plan                            95,833                   $4.80(2)                 $459,998(2)
                                             55,000                   $4.84(2)                 $266,200(2)
                                             96,000                   $4.75(2)                 $456,000(2)
                                             66,000                   $3.50(2)                 $231,000(2)
                                             7,000                    4.10(2)                  $28,700(2)
                                      Subtotal: 1,488,387                                 Subtotal: $7,284,668
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock              46,450                   $5.49(2)                 $255,011(2)              $23.46(2)
Option Plan for the Supervisory
Board
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002               18,583                   $.05(2)                    $929(2)                 $.09(2)
Restricted Stock Plan
for the Supervisory Board
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002              233,736                   $.05(2)                  $11,687(2)                 $1(2)
Restricted Stock Plan
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
Any of the Plans above(5)                  4,749,579                  $3.81(3)              $18,095,895.99(3)          $1,664.82(3)
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
TOTAL                                      6,536,735                                                                    $2,359.56
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
</TABLE>


(1) Consists of Ordinary Shares of New Skies Satellites NV (the "Registrant")
issued pursuant to the New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan, the New
Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory Board, the New Skies
Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan and the New Skies Satellites N.V.
2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board (the "Plans"). Such
indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issuable pursuant to the
operation of the recapitalization and adjustment provisions of the Plans are
also registered hereby.

(2) With respect to 1,527,837 shares covered by stock options or restricted
stock awards granted pursuant to the Plans prior to the filing of this
Registration Statement, calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), based on the price at which the
stock options may be exercised or restricted stock purchased, as applicable.
With respect to restricted stock awards granted under the 2002 Restricted Stock
Plan and the 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board, converted
into U.S. dollars based on the noon rate quoted by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on November 18, 2002 of 1Euro=US $1.0083.

(3) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, with respect to American
Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares issuable pursuant to stock
options or other stock awards not yet granted under the Plans and based on the
average of the high and low reported prices of the Registrant's American
Depositary Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 15, 2002.

(4) American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares have been registered under
a separate registration statement of Form F-6. Each ADS is issued in respect of
one ordinary share.

(5) The remaining shares may be issued pursuant to any of the Plans listed above
at the discretion of the Registrant's Supervisory Board or a committee thereof.



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant and are
incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by reports or
other information subsequently filed or furnished.

          (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 1,
2002;

          (b) The Registrant's reports on Form 6-K filed by the Registrant with
the Commission on August 8, 2002, August 27, 2002 and October 31, 2002;

          (c) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(c) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") since December 31, 2001; and

          (d) The description of the Ordinary Shares of the Registrant contained
under the caption "Description of the Ordinary Shares" and the description of
the American Depositary Shares contained under the caption "Description of
American Depositary Shares", each in the Prospectus forming part of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-12654) filed by the
Registrant under the Securities Act with the Commission on October 4, 2000.

         In addition, all of the Registrant's reports filed with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to filing a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such reports.

         Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         The articles of association provide that every member of the
supervisory board, every member of the management board, and any officer or
agent of the Company or any other person serving as a member of the supervisory
board, management board, officer or agent of another company, partnership, joint
venture, foundation, trust or other enterprise at the request of the Company
(the "Indemnified Persons") who acts in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Company's best interests, shall be
indemnified all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in relation
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suits or other proceedings,
other than an action by the Company or on the Company's behalf. This
indemnification will not be available if the person seeking indemnification
acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their
duty to the Company. The articles of association also provide that the
Registrant may purchase insurance on behalf of any indemnified Person. In
addition to the indemnification provided under the articles of association, each
member of the Company's management board is indemnified by the Company against
expenses, costs, claims and other liabilities, incurred by such member in
connection with the performance of such member's functions and duties, except in
relation to matters as to which such member acted in bad faith or with willful
misconduct.

         In addition, under the Plan, the plan administrator (and each member
thereof) is indemnified to the fullest extent provided by law and the articles
of association described above.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601
of Regulation S-K):

         4.1 New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended

         4.2 New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory
Board, as amended

         4.3 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan

         4.4 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the
Supervisory Board

         4.5 Articles of Association of the Registrant (including an English
translation thereof) (filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-12564) filed September 19, 2000 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Form F-1")) and incorporated herein by
reference

         4.6 Form of Deposit Agreement (filed as an Exhibit to the Form F-1) and
incorporated herein by reference

         5.1 Opinion of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel to the
Registrant, as to the legality of the Ordinary Shares being registered

         13.1 Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2001,
filed with the Commission on July 1, 2002

         13.2 Report on Form 6-K dated August 8, 2002

         13.3 Report on Form 6-K, dated August 27, 2002

         13.4 Report on Form 6-K, dated October 31, 2002

         23.1 Consent of Deloitte and Touche

         23.2 Consent of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel to the
Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)

         24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)

Item 9.   Undertakings

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant, New Skies Satellites N.V., certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The Hague, The
Netherlands on this 14th day of November, 2002.



                              NEW SKIES SATELLITES N.V.

                              By: /s/ Mary J. Dent
                                  ------------------------------------
                              Name: Mary J. Dent
                              Title: General Counsel and Member of the
                                     Management Board


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned directors and officers of New Skies Satellites N.V.
(the "Company"), do hereby severally constitute and appoint Terence M. Seddon,
Daniel S. Goldberg and Mary J. Dent, each our true and lawful attorneys and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our
capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below in connection with the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 including specifically, but
without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names
in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each hereby ratify and confirm all
that said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken
together shall constitute one instrument.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated and as of November 14, 2002.




           Signature                             Title
           ---------                             -----

/s/ Daniel S. Goldberg
--------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer
Daniel S. Goldberg                   (principal executive officer)


/s/ Andrew M. Browne
--------------------------------     Chief Financial Officer
Andrew M. Browne                     (principal financial officer and principal
                                     accounting officer)

/s/ Terence Seddon
--------------------------------     Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Terence Seddon

/s/ Shing Kwong Fung
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Shing Kwong Fung

/s/ Ashok Ganguly
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Ashok Ganguly

/s/ Jerry Kolb
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Jerry Kolb

/s/ Gerd D. Mueller
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Gerd D. Mueller

/s/ Luigi Ruspantini
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Luigi Ruspantini

/s/ Claude Seguin
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Claude Seguin

/s/ Donald  Wear, Jr.
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Donald  Wear, Jr.



        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this registration statement solely
in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of New Skies Satellites
N.V. in the United States on November 14, 2002.


 /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
------------------------------------            Authorized U.S. Representative
Donald J. Puglisi


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                                                   EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.                      Description                                  Method of Filing
-------------   ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
<S>             <C>                                                  <C>
4.1             New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan,    Filed herewith
                as amended

4.2             New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for      Filed herewith
                the Supervisory Board, as amended

4.3             New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock      Filed herewith
                Plan

4.4             New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock      Filed herewith
                Plan for the Supervisory Board

4.5             Articles of Association of the Registrant            Filed as an Exhibit to the F-1, and
                (including an English translation thereof)           incorporated herein by reference

4.6             Form of Deposit Agreement                            Filed as an Exhibit to the F-1, and
                                                                     incorporated herein by reference

5.1             Opinion of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.,       Filed herewith
                counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of
                the ordinary shares being registered hereby

13.1            Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended        Filed herewith
                December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on
                July 1, 2002

13.2            Report on Form 6-K dated August 8, 2002              Filed herewith

13.3            Report on Form 6-K dated August 27, 2002             Filed herewith

13.4            Report on Form 6-K dated October 31, 2002            Filed herewith

23.1            Consent of Deloitte and Touche                       Filed herewith

23.2            Consent of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.,       Included in Exhibit 5.1
                counsel to the Registrant

24.1            Power of Attorney                                    Included on Signature Pages

</TABLE>
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================================================================================
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2002
                                                         Registration No. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 ---------------

                            New Skies Satellites N.V.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             The Netherlands                                N/A
    (State or other jurisdiction of        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    incorporation or organization)

                              Rooseveltplantsoen 4
                               2517 KR The Hague,
                                 The Netherlands
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan
      New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory Board
              New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan
 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board

                            (Full title of the plans)

                             CT Corporation System,
                           1633 Broadway, 23rd Floor,
                           New York, New York, 10019,
                                 (212) 664-1666

            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                              Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.
                       Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
                                One Liberty Plaza
                            New York, New York 10006
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
                                             Amount                   Proposed                  Proposed                Amount of
             Title of                        to be                    Maximum                    Maximum               Registration
            Securities                   Registered (1)               Offering                  Aggregate             Fee (2)(3)(4)
              to be                                                    Price                    Offering
            Registered                                            Per Share (2)(3)            Price (2)(3)
Ordinary Shares, nominal value .05
(five Eurocent) per share, to be
issued under the following plans:
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999             1,168,554                  $5.00(2)                $5,842,770(2)             $670.19(2)
Stock Option Plan                            95,833                   $4.80(2)                 $459,998(2)
                                             55,000                   $4.84(2)                 $266,200(2)
                                             96,000                   $4.75(2)                 $456,000(2)
                                             66,000                   $3.50(2)                 $231,000(2)
                                             7,000                    4.10(2)                  $28,700(2)
                                      Subtotal: 1,488,387                                 Subtotal: $7,284,668
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock              46,450                   $5.49(2)                 $255,011(2)              $23.46(2)
Option Plan for the Supervisory
Board
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002               18,583                   $.05(2)                    $929(2)                 $.09(2)
Restricted Stock Plan
for the Supervisory Board
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002              233,736                   $.05(2)                  $11,687(2)                 $1(2)
Restricted Stock Plan
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
Any of the Plans above(5)                  4,749,579                  $3.81(3)              $18,095,895.99(3)          $1,664.82(3)
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
TOTAL                                      6,536,735                                                                    $2,359.56
----------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -----------------
(1) Consists of Ordinary Shares of New Skies Satellites NV (the "Registrant")
issued pursuant to the New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan, the New
Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory Board, the New Skies
Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan and the New Skies Satellites N.V.
2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board (the "Plans"). Such
indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issuable pursuant to the
operation of the recapitalization and adjustment provisions of the Plans are
also registered hereby.

(2) With respect to 1,527,837 shares covered by stock options or restricted
stock awards granted pursuant to the Plans prior to the filing of this
Registration Statement, calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), based on the price at which the
stock options may be exercised or restricted stock purchased, as applicable.
With respect to restricted stock awards granted under the 2002 Restricted Stock
Plan and the 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the Supervisory Board, converted
into U.S. dollars based on the noon rate quoted by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on November 18, 2002 of 1Euro=US $1.0083.

(3) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, with respect to American
Depositary Shares representing ordinary shares issuable pursuant to stock
options or other stock awards not yet granted under the Plans and based on the
average of the high and low reported prices of the Registrant's American
Depositary Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 15, 2002.

(4) American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares have been registered under
a separate registration statement of Form F-6. Each ADS is issued in respect of
one ordinary share.

(5) The remaining shares may be issued pursuant to any of the Plans listed above
at the discretion of the Registrant's Supervisory Board or a committee thereof.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant and are
incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by reports or
other information subsequently filed or furnished.

          (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 1,
2002;

          (b) The Registrant's reports on Form 6-K filed by the Registrant with
the Commission on August 8, 2002, August 27, 2002 and October 31, 2002;

          (c) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(c) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") since December 31, 2001; and

          (d) The description of the Ordinary Shares of the Registrant contained
under the caption "Description of the Ordinary Shares" and the description of
the American Depositary Shares contained under the caption "Description of
American Depositary Shares", each in the Prospectus forming part of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-12654) filed by the
Registrant under the Securities Act with the Commission on October 4, 2000.

         In addition, all of the Registrant's reports filed with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to filing a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such reports.

         Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         The articles of association provide that every member of the
supervisory board, every member of the management board, and any officer or
agent of the Company or any other person serving as a member of the supervisory
board, management board, officer or agent of another company, partnership, joint
venture, foundation, trust or other enterprise at the request of the Company
(the "Indemnified Persons") who acts in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Company's best interests, shall be
indemnified all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in relation
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suits or other proceedings,
other than an action by the Company or on the Company's behalf. This
indemnification will not be available if the person seeking indemnification
acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their
duty to the Company. The articles of association also provide that the
Registrant may purchase insurance on behalf of any indemnified Person. In
addition to the indemnification provided under the articles of association, each
member of the Company's management board is indemnified by the Company against
expenses, costs, claims and other liabilities, incurred by such member in
connection with the performance of such member's functions and duties, except in
relation to matters as to which such member acted in bad faith or with willful
misconduct.

         In addition, under the Plan, the plan administrator (and each member
thereof) is indemnified to the fullest extent provided by law and the articles
of association described above.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits

         The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601
of Regulation S-K):

         4.1 New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended

         4.2 New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for the Supervisory
Board, as amended

         4.3 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan

         4.4 New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock Plan for the
Supervisory Board

         4.5 Articles of Association of the Registrant (including an English
translation thereof) (filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-12564) filed September 19, 2000 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Form F-1")) and incorporated herein by
reference

         4.6 Form of Deposit Agreement (filed as an Exhibit to the Form F-1) and
incorporated herein by reference

         5.1 Opinion of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel to the
Registrant, as to the legality of the Ordinary Shares being registered

         13.1 Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2001,
filed with the Commission on July 1, 2002

         13.2 Report on Form 6-K dated August 8, 2002

         13.3 Report on Form 6-K, dated August 27, 2002

         13.4 Report on Form 6-K, dated October 31, 2002

         23.1 Consent of Deloitte and Touche

         23.2 Consent of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V., counsel to the
Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)

         24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)

Item 9.   Undertakings

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant, New Skies Satellites N.V., certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The Hague, The
Netherlands on this 14th day of November, 2002.

                              NEW SKIES SATELLITES N.V.

                              By: /s/ Mary J. Dent
                                  ------------------------------------
                              Name: Mary J. Dent
                              Title: General Counsel and Member of the
                                     Management Board

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned directors and officers of New Skies Satellites N.V.
(the "Company"), do hereby severally constitute and appoint Terence M. Seddon,
Daniel S. Goldberg and Mary J. Dent, each our true and lawful attorneys and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our
capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below in connection with the
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8 including specifically, but
without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names
in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each hereby ratify and confirm all
that said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken
together shall constitute one instrument.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated and as of November 14, 2002.

           Signature                             Title
           ---------                             -----

/s/ Daniel S. Goldberg
--------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer
Daniel S. Goldberg                   (principal executive officer)

/s/ Andrew M. Browne
--------------------------------     Chief Financial Officer
Andrew M. Browne                     (principal financial officer and principal
                                     accounting officer)

/s/ Terence Seddon
--------------------------------     Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Terence Seddon

/s/ Shing Kwong Fung
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Shing Kwong Fung

/s/ Ashok Ganguly
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Ashok Ganguly

/s/ Jerry Kolb
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Jerry Kolb

/s/ Gerd D. Mueller
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Gerd D. Mueller

/s/ Luigi Ruspantini
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Luigi Ruspantini

/s/ Claude Seguin
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Claude Seguin

/s/ Donald  Wear, Jr.
--------------------------------     Supervisory Director
Donald  Wear, Jr.

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this registration statement solely
in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of New Skies Satellites
N.V. in the United States on November 14, 2002.

 /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
------------------------------------            Authorized U.S. Representative
Donald J. Puglisi
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                      Description                                  Method of Filing
-------------   ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------
4.1             New Skies Satellites N.V. 1999 Stock Option Plan,    Filed herewith
                as amended

4.2             New Skies Satellites N.V. Stock Option Plan for      Filed herewith
                the Supervisory Board, as amended

4.3             New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock      Filed herewith
                Plan

4.4             New Skies Satellites N.V. 2002 Restricted Stock      Filed herewith
                Plan for the Supervisory Board

4.5             Articles of Association of the Registrant            Filed as an Exhibit to the F-1, and
                (including an English translation thereof)           incorporated herein by reference

4.6             Form of Deposit Agreement                            Filed as an Exhibit to the F-1, and
                                                                     incorporated herein by reference

5.1             Opinion of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.,       Filed herewith
                counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of
                the ordinary shares being registered hereby

13.1            Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended        Filed herewith
                December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on
                July 1, 2002

13.2            Report on Form 6-K dated August 8, 2002              Filed herewith

13.3            Report on Form 6-K dated August 27, 2002             Filed herewith

13.4            Report on Form 6-K dated October 31, 2002            Filed herewith

23.1            Consent of Deloitte and Touche                       Filed herewith

23.2            Consent of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.,       Included in Exhibit 5.1
                counsel to the Registrant

24.1            Power of Attorney                                    Included on Signature Pages