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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SES will use the Gandoul gateway to support telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) functions for the O3b mPOWER fleet from an additional location and the first one in Africa.
Jio Platforms owns 51% of Jio Space Technology Limited and SES owns the remaining 49%.
SES formed a joint venture with Jio Platforms Limited on 2022-02-14 to provide multi-orbit connectivity in India.
SES will provide up to 100 gigabits per second of capacity to Jio Space Technology Limited through its SES-12 satellite in geostationary orbit and the O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit.
SES expects to start deploying the O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit in 2024.
Jio Space Technology Limited will leverage SES-12, SES’s high-throughput GEO satellite serving India.
Greg Wyler founded O3B Networks in 2007 in partnership with Liberty Global to unlock medium Earth orbit to deliver Internet to remote areas without the need for laying fiber.
By 2016 O3B Networks had a firm backlog of $350,000,000 and more than $100,000,000 in current-year revenue, and SES exercised its option to purchase the company.
SES, Google, and HSBC became investors in O3B Networks in 2009 and O3B Networks raised over $1,200,000,000.
SES expects to start deploying the O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit constellation in 2022.
SES will use SkyEdge IV simultaneously for both the SES-17 geostationary satellite and its second-generation NGSO constellation O3b mPOWER.
SES operates the O3b network of MEO satellites and plans to launch the mPOWER series of satellites in 2022.
SES contracted SpaceX to launch the O3b mPOWER constellation on a total of four Falcon 9 rockets.
The acquisition of O3b Networks added a layer of medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites to SES’s existing geostationary orbit constellation.
SES is absorbing its SES Networks business unit ahead of deploying its next-generation O3b mPOWER broadband constellation in 2022.
The first three O3b mPOWER satellites were originally slated to launch together on a Falcon 9 at the end of 2021 but the schedule was shifted to the first or second quarter of 2022.
Boeing is building 11 O3b mPOWER satellites to upgrade SES’s MEO constellation with significantly faster broadband speeds.
The terminal established two live simultaneous full-performance connections with SES satellites in GEO and MEO and performed seamless satellite-to-satellite transitions during the trials.
SES launched the SES-17 GEO satellite and planned the launch of its O3b mPOWER MEO system in 2022.
SES Government Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES that supports the U.S. Army in trials and testing of commercial satellite constellations, services, and ground terminals for the U.S. Government’s effort to establish Multi-Domain Operations by 2028.