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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O3b mPower satellites nine to 11 are slated to launch in 2025, with the two additional spacecraft set to be deployed in 2026.
SES renewed its partnership with the National Football League to deliver NFL game content to more than 35 broadcast partners across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.
SES has worked with the National Football League since 2005.
SES has worked with the National Football League since 2005.
SES provided renewed prime satellite capacity for the Americas on SES-14 and renewed satellite capacity for Asia to support NFL game distribution.
The Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) selected Intelsat and SES Space & Defense on 2023-09-29 for a pilot program called "satcom as a managed service."
Boeing’s commercial satellite business builds SES’ o3b mPOWER broadband satellites deployed in medium Earth orbit.
CPI Vertex Antennentechnik has been selected to provide high-performance Ka-band antenna systems to SES for the O3b mPOWER communications system.
CPI Vertex’s Ka-band antenna systems will be used as Gateway systems for O3b mPOWER and can be deployed to commercial and government customers.
CPI Vertex Antennentechnik worked with SES for almost two years to develop customized plug-and-play antennas for the O3b mPOWER program.
CPI Vertex will supply ground-based 5.5-meter Ka-band plug-and-play series tracking antennas for O3b mPOWER Gateway systems.
CPI Vertex delivered the first prototype of its customized plug-and-play antennas for the O3b mPOWER program by December 2022.
SES Space & Defense is a wholly-owned subsidiary of global content connectivity leader SES.
The extended agreement includes a renewed transponder for UKTV’s bouquet of channels on SES’s 28.2 degrees East.
The first stage booster supporting this mission is flying for the fifth time and previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and two Starlink missions.
The collaboration between SES Space & Defense and OneWeb Technologies provides secure and reliable connectivity for customers in Alaska's remote environments.
The OneWeb initiative provides primary and backup capacity to SES Space & Defense’s Arctic terrestrial network, which spans 19 microwave towers across 600 miles of interior Alaska and a fiber optic network from Nome to Prudhoe Bay.
SES will provide new uplinking and ground services to UKTV under the extended agreement.
SES Space & Defense installed 50 OneWeb satellite terminals in remote locations across Alaska.
The electrical issue delayed the launch of the fifth and sixth O3b mPower satellites, which were needed for initial services and had been slated to launch by the end of June as of SES’s previous earnings call.