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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Intelsat and SES are in talks about creating a merged company that would generate around $4,000,000,000 in combined revenues.
EAGLE-1 is developed by a consortium of 20 European organizations led by SES and funded in part by the European Space Agency and the European Commission.
SES and Intelsat were in talks about merging as of 2023-03-29.
QuadSAT has worked with major companies including SES, OneWeb, and the European Space Agency.
Since DEUCSI began in 2017, companies that have won contracts under the program include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Ball Aerospace, SES, Iridium, and SpaceX.
The European Space Agency tasked a group led by operator SES to develop and operate a satellite in 2024 to validate quantum key distribution technology.
SES selected TESAT as a key partner responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key Distribution payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.
SES leads the EAGLE-1 consortium and selected TESAT as the partner responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key Distribution payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.
SES selected TESAT as the partner responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.
SES-17 and the O3b mPOWER program together had a backlog of $1 billion, with an additional €195 million commitment from the Luxembourg government.
Charles Hannaford served 13 years at SES Satellites before joining ALL.SPACE.
The second pair of O3b mPower satellites launched on a Falcon 9 on 2023-04-28 and are several months away from climbing to their final medium Earth orbit positions using onboard all-electric propulsion.
Euroconsult identified the entrance of non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) constellation services, particularly Starlink and SES’s O3b mPOWER, as influential in the market.
SES planned to begin commercial service for O3b mPOWER in late 2023-07-01 with customers ramping onto the system through 2023-10-01.
SES is on track to deploy initial O3b mPower services late in the third quarter of 2023.
Boeing is preparing to ship the fifth and sixth O3b mPower satellites to Florida 2023-05 for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
The first four O3b mPOWER satellites have been launched and two additional O3b mPOWER satellites were planned to launch in June 2023.
Profen will provide mobile backhaul, disaster recovery, and private 0.005 kg services using the O3b mPOWER-enabled infrastructure.
The O3b mPOWER system was expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2023 to provide network services with industry-leading throughput, predictable low latency, and ultra-reliable availability.
Profen and SES will deploy SES’s O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit system and build an O3b mPOWER gateway in Türkiye to jointly deliver high-performance connectivity for identified market opportunities of more than 10 Gbps.