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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Each O3b mPower satellite is designed to provide up to 10 gigabits of throughput.
Each O3b mPower satellite offers roughly 10 times the throughput of the first-generation fleet of 20 O3b satellites built by Thales Alenia Space that SES currently operates in MEO.
The final three O3b mPower satellites are due to be launched on a single Falcon 9 mission in 2024 to complete the constellation.
SES requires six O3b mPower satellites in equatorial MEO to provide initial global services from the next-generation network.
SES selected the Boeing 702X bus to build its 11-satellite O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit.
Boeing is contracted to deliver 11 O3b mPOWER satellites to SES.
SpaceX is slated to launch a fourth pair of O3b mPower satellites before the end of 2023.
Boeing reduced bus module build times for O3b mPower by 50% and achieved a similar improvement for payload integration and testing operations.
SES had planned to begin deploying O3b mPower in 2021 before pandemic-related production issues delayed initial services to late 2023.
O3b mPower satellites provide roughly 10 times more throughput per satellite than the first-generation 20 Thales Alenia Space-built O3b satellites that SES currently operates in medium Earth orbit.
Boeing teams have reduced the O3b mPOWER bus module build time by more than 50 percent.
The initial O3b mPower satellites are undergoing rigorous testing and are using onboard electric propulsion to reach their target destinations in medium Earth orbit.
The final three O3b mPower satellites are due to be launched on a single Falcon 9 mission in 2024 to complete the constellation.
A second pair of O3b mPower satellites for upgrading SES’ medium Earth orbit broadband network are due to arrive at SpaceX’s launchpad in Florida 2023-04-10.
The first two of 11 O3b mPower satellites that Boeing is building for SES launched on a Falcon 9 in December.
The first two O3b mPOWER satellites launched in December 2022.
The third and fourth O3b mPOWER satellites will launch to Medium Earth Orbit to provide fiber-like broadband connectivity.
SES requires six O3b mPower satellites in equatorial medium Earth orbit to provide initial global services from the next-generation network based on Boeing’s BSS-702X satellite platform.
The offering combines NTT’s fully managed Private 0.005 kg and Edge Compute with SES’s second-generation MEO communications system O3b mPOWER.
NTT Ltd. and SES have a multi-year partnership to use SES satellites to deliver NTT’s Edge as a Service to enterprise customers.