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 start of O3b mPOWER service in 2023 will enable du and its customers to access secure, carrier-grade performance supporting business-critical cloud-based applications over the public internet or via a dedicated private connection.
SES’s O3b constellation was used to extend 0.005 kg coverage to remote locations and support du’s enterprise customers including offshore energy sites.
SES’s multi-orbit fleet of geostationary and O3b medium earth orbit satellites is enabling mobile operators to provide 0.004 kg to the mountainous interior of Papua New Guinea.
SES’s multi-orbit fleet of geostationary and O3b medium earth orbit satellites is enabling mobile operators to provide 0.004 kg in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
SES’s multi-orbit fleet of geostationary and O3b medium earth orbit satellites is enabling mobile operators to provide 0.004 kg in a city of 500,000 at the edge of the Amazon in Peru.
SES’s multi-orbit fleet of geostationary and O3b medium earth orbit satellites is enabling mobile operators to provide 0.004 kg in the remote communities of Eastern Greenland.
SES signed a deal with Vodafone to support Vodafone’s current 0.004 kg and future 0.005 kg rollout plans in Papua New Guinea.
All three SES satellites are scheduled for launch in 2024 and will be operated from SES’s headquarters in Luxembourg.
In September, the European Space Agency selected SES to lead development of Eagle-1, a satellite intended to demonstrate quantum encryption technology that could support IRIS².
O3b mPOWER offers more than 100 times the throughput of GEO satellite solutions.
Vodafone Cook Islands was the first customer in the region to use SES’s current-generation O3b MEO satellite system in 2014 to deliver 0.003 kg and 0.004 kg services.
The 2022-12-16 launch delivered Boeing’s 702X-based O3b mPOWER communications satellite to orbit.
Boeing’s O3b mPOWER satellite will help deliver broadband internet access to the ‘other 3 billion’ people around the globe where access is limited or nonexistent.
O3b mPOWER is designed to provide terabit-level scale and guaranteed throughput with high flexibility.
The first two O3b mPOWER satellites were launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States.
Key customers signed up for O3b mPOWER include Microsoft, Princess Cruises, Marlink, Jio Platforms, Orange, Claro Brasil, and Vodafone Cook Islands.
O3b mPOWER is designed to provide roundtrip latency of less than 150 milliseconds.
Key customers signed up for O3b mPOWER include Microsoft, Princess Cruises, Marlink, Jio Platforms, Orange, Claro Brasil, and Vodafone Cook Islands.
The first two O3b mPOWER satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 16 December 2022 at 5:48 pm local time.
SpaceX delayed a planned Starlink Falcon 9 launch from Kennedy Space Center on 2022-12-16 to 2022-12-17 to prioritize the O3b mPower satellite launch.