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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SnT and SES have been collaborating on research in next-generation satellite technologies since 2010.
Intellian’s systems will enable SES customers to access the O3b mPOWER MEO service as well as SES’s existing fleet of over 70 geostationary and MEO satellites.
O3b mPOWER will extend and develop SES’s existing Ka-band Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) services.
The agreement includes current Intellian products and provides easy, cost-effective conversion kits to upgrade existing owners of Intellian’s NX, v240M 2, and v240MT 2 antennas to the O3b mPOWER service.
Intellian will provide Ka-band antennas to SES for the O3b mPOWER medium-Earth-orbit broadband constellation under the supply deal signed 2021-10-05.
Intellian Technologies signed a supply deal worth 71.1 billion won ($60,000,000) with SES.
SES fully acquired O3b Networks in 2016 and O3b now forms an integral part of SES Networks.
SES participated in Isotropic Systems’ latest funding round and expects to start deploying its next-generation O3b mPower satellites toward the end of 2021 in medium Earth orbit.
O3b mPOWER is SES’s second-generation medium Earth orbit system designed to provide increased performance, scalability, and resilience.
Camilo Andrés Reyes Mantilla is a Junior Spacecraft Controller at SES Satellites.
SES’s second-generation MEO system, O3b mPOWER, provides increased performance, scalability, and resilience intended to support network sovereignty for governments.
SES is integrating SES-17 into a multi-orbit GEO–MEO fleet to enable interoperability with its O3b mPOWER Medium Earth Orbit constellation.
The tested terminal established simultaneous, full-performance link connections to a geostationary (GEO) satellite and an O3b satellite in medium Earth orbit (MEO).
SES integrates its geostationary satellites with the O3b mPOWER MEO system to provide combined GEO–MEO services.
Boeing is on track to deliver the C-band satellites it is building for SES and was selected in part because it could provide a high-confidence delivery schedule.
Microsoft will use SES’ current medium Earth orbit satellites before the network is upgraded next year with O3b mPOWER satellites that deliver significantly faster broadband speeds.
A total of four SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets will be used to launch the 11 O3b mPOWER satellites.
On 2021-08-17, Microsoft agreed to buy managed services from SES for Azure and to support Microsoft’s Azure Orbital ground station solutions business.
SES has secured more than $300,000,000 in backlog from major cruise brands for the O3b mPOWER constellation.
The first three Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites are scheduled to launch together on a Falcon 9 around the end of 2021.