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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The O3b mPOWER system is SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation designed to provide global connectivity services.
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.
SES’s O3b satellites have been providing connectivity to the Galapagos since 2015.
CNT increased its MEO capacity on SES’s O3b constellation from 1.5 gigabits per second to 2.5 gigabits per second.
During a two-week pilot landing qualification training, Airbus and partners provided guaranteed carrier-grade high-performance connectivity via SES’s O3b MEO link.
SES’s O3b MEO operates in Medium Earth Orbit.
SES Space & Defense has a longstanding relationship with the U.S. Army and has supported the WIN-T program’s evolving needs for over a decade.
SES Space & Defense's involvement will enable the U.S. Army to continue building and sustaining combatant command readiness requirements.
SES Space & Defense will provide satellite communications capabilities for the U.S. Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WINT-T) training activities.
The contract with SES Space & Defense was facilitated through the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO).
The first two of 11 planned SES O3b mPower satellites launched to orbit in December on a SpaceX rocket.
The United States and Luxembourg have agreed to buy O3b mPower satcom services under NATO’s Global Commercially Contracted Satellite Communications.
The U.S. Space Force allocated $59,000,000 in its 2024 budget to buy satellite communications services from SES’ O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit.
SES Space & Defense, the U.S. subsidiary of SES, is based in Reston, Virginia and provides services to the U.S. military.
HIGH VIEW signed an extension with SES and has launched additional channels.
Luxembourg, 13 April 2023 marks the date when SES signed multi-year capacity agreements totalling more than €75 million in backlog with multiple German private and public broadcasters.
HIGH VIEW signed an extension with SES and launched additional channels on SES capacity.
SpaceX is slated to launch a fourth pair of O3b mPower satellites before the end of 2023.
A second pair of O3b mPower satellites for upgrading SES’ medium Earth orbit broadband network is due to arrive at their SpaceX launchpad in Florida 2023-04-10.
The first two of the 11 O3b mPower satellites Boeing is building for SES launched on a Falcon 9 in December.