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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Profen will provide mobile backhaul, disaster recovery, and private 0.005 kg services using the O3b mPOWER gateway to customers in Türkiye and neighboring companies in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia under robust service level agreements.
Two O3b mPOWER satellites launched in December 2022 and April 2023, and a third launch of two additional satellites will bring the total O3b mPOWER constellation to six satellites.
Profen will deploy SES’s O3b mPOWER system and build an O3b mPOWER gateway in Türkiye to jointly deliver high-performance connectivity to identified market opportunities exceeding 10 Gbps of combined capacity.
Two O3b mPOWER launches took place in December 2022 and April 2023, and a third launch of two additional satellites is planned to bring the total O3b mPOWER constellation to six satellites.
The order for Mission Microwave’s 40-watt Ka-band BUC followed several years of collaborative work between Mission Microwave and SES to implement advanced solid-state technologies into the O3b mPOWER system.
SES selected Mission Microwave’s 40-watt Ka-band BUC for use in high-throughput customer user terminals for SES’s second-generation MEO system, O3b mPOWER.
CNT increased its MEO capacity on SES’s O3b constellation from 1.5 gigabits per second to 2.5 gigabits per second.
SES’s O3b satellites have been providing connectivity to the Galapagos Islands since 2015.
SES is working with ground system partners to virtualize and standardize a variety of platforms on the O3b mPOWER network to serve mobility, telecom, government, and enterprise customers.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster used for the O3b mPOWER launch performed its second launch and landing and previously supported the Crew-6 mission.
Two additional O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit satellites were launched for SES on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States at 6:12 p.m. local time on 2023-04-28.
The second pair of O3b mPOWER satellites will join the first two O3b mPOWER satellites that launched in December 2022.
The two O3b mPower satellites launched 2023-04-28 will take several months to reach their final medium Earth orbit positions using onboard all-electric propulsion.
SpaceX launched a second pair of O3b mPower satellites for SES on 2023-04-28, lifting off at 6:12 p.m. Eastern on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Two O3b mPOWER satellites launched in December 2022 arrived at their target medium earth orbit and are undergoing in-orbit checkout.
The government of Luxembourg planned in February to acquire capacity from O3b mPower in a 10-year deal valued at 195,000,000 EUR, subject to parliamentary approval.
The O3b mPOWER ecosystem requires just six MEO satellites to provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe.
The first pair of O3b mPower satellites launched by SpaceX on 2022-12-16 have reached their target positions in medium Earth orbit but still need to complete health checks before entering service.
O3b mPOWER is designed to provide roundtrip latency of less than 150 milliseconds.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two additional O3b mPOWER satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 6:12 pm local time on 28 April 2023.