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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SES’s hybrid fleet comprises nearly 50 GSO satellites providing regionally focused coverage and the O3b NGSO system delivering low-latency, high-throughput connectivity from MEO.
SES is launching a second-generation MEO NGSO system named O3b mPOWER designed to operate in full compliance with Article 22 EPFD limits.
SES operates the world’s only multi-orbit constellation combining nearly 50 geostationary satellites and the O3b NGSO system in medium Earth orbit.
On 10 August 2023 SES and Quanta formed a partnership to interconnect their content delivery networks for sports and events customers operating in Latin America.
The first stage booster supporting the Falcon 9 mission is making its fourth flight after previously launching Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and one Starlink mission.
The fifth and sixth O3b mPower satellites, part of 11 that Boeing is building for SES, were originally slated to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 by the end of June but are now targeting a launch before the end of September.
SES S.A. launched four O3b mPOWER satellites and has a next launch currently planned for 2023-07-01.
Each O3b mPower satellite is designed to scale to multiple gigabits per second of throughput, around 10 times more than SES’s first generation of 20 O3b satellites in MEO.
SpaceX is slated to launch the seventh and eighth O3b mPower satellites in 2023.
A group including SES and other European space and telecom players was selected to develop a proposal for the European Commission’s IRIS2 satellite constellation.
AERKOMM Inc. is collaborating with SES to provide Taiwanese satellite communication services using bandwidth on the SES MEO satellite O3b mPOWER.
SES pioneered the use of non-geostationary orbit satellites about 10 years ago and deployed the O3b constellation for maritime services.
Under the single Blanket Purchase Agreement, SES Space & Defense, in partnership with other companies, will provide highly secure Global X-band SATCOM services to the U.S. Department of Defense.
DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES), now part of SES Space & Defense, was awarded a five-year X-Band Blanket Purchase Agreement with an estimated value of $134,000,000 to support the U.S. Department of Defense.
Under the single Blanket Purchase Agreement, SES Space & Defense in partnership with other companies will provide highly secure global X-band SATCOM services to the U.S. Department of Defense.
In August 2022, SES acquired DRS’s satcom integration business focused on multi-orbit communications networks and managed satcom services for U.S. government agencies.
The contract is the first major defense deal awarded to SES’s U.S. subsidiary since it acquired DRS Global Enterprise Solutions.
The partnership between NorthStar and SES aims to address urgent challenges posed by increasing space debris and orbital congestion.
The collaboration between NorthStar and SES aims to address challenges posed by increasing space debris and orbital congestion.
NorthStar Earth & Space and SES have signed an agreement to collaborate on next-generation commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services.