Société Européenne des Satellites
SES S.A. is a Luxembourgish communications satellite operator and a global leader in content and connectivity solutions, owning and operating over 70 satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). They deliver video and data connectivity worldwide to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments, and institutions. SES's major projects include operating the European Astra TV satellites and the O3b mPOWER data satellites, and they have partnerships with organizations like the European Space Agency (ESA) and the US Army. Associated keywords: satellite communications, GEO, MEO, connectivity, Luxembourg.
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Under the extended agreement, SES will continue providing multi-transponder capacity to enable Telekom Srbija to deliver SD and HD pay-TV channel offerings across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia as part of the M:Sat TV platform.
Satellite fleet operators SES, Eutelsat, and Hispasat are leading the SpaceRISE consortium and are responsible for providing private industry funds for IRIS² alongside funding from the European Space Agency and European Union member states.
The expanded agreement uses SES’s O3b mPOWER network to provide Tonga with low-latency, high-throughput connectivity.
Thai Airways will be the first airline in Southeast Asia to use the SES Open Orbits network to offer Free Wi‑Fi streaming to business class and Orchid Plus guests.
Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF-owned company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial satellite services provider, will deliver Skywaves® connectivity services as a partner to SES Open Orbits™ for Thai Airways and Turkish Airlines.
SES agreed to acquire Intelsat for $3,100,000,000.
SES and Intelsat merged because they could not achieve success independently.
SES provides data services using geostationary satellites, O3b mPOWER, and an equatorial RF Relay Service.
SES used its O3b MEO constellation to provide 10 Gbps of satellite-based bandwidth and direct connectivity to a Microsoft data centre for a major sporting event in Qatar.
O3b mPOWER delivers up to 1.5 Gbps throughput from space to a single terminal.
SES operates the O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation.
Emergency.lu is an inflatable antenna operated by a public–private partnership led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg in collaboration with Luxembourg companies and organisations including SES.
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded SES a contract on 13 September 2024 to deliver secure high-performance low-latency satellite services via its medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation.
MEO Global Services (MGS) can support missions on SES’s global end-to-end commercial managed services network and on national sovereign networks to be deployed under this contract for O3b mPOWER services.
The Falcon 9 booster used on the BlueBird 1-5 mission previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and nine Starlink missions.
SES plans to buy rival satellite operator Intelsat for $3,100,000,000.
Astra 1KR, the oldest SES satellite operating at 19.2 degrees East, was launched in April 2006.
SpaceX launched SES' ASTRA 1P on June 20, marking the first time an Astra satellite has been launched by SpaceX.
SpaceX targeted June 20 for the Falcon 9 launch of SES ASTRA 1P from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Falcon 9 launch window for the SES ASTRA 1P mission on 2024-06-20 opens at 5:35 p.m. ET and lasts two hours and 49 minutes.