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 Cloud Direct service will be available on SES’s next-generation MEO constellation, O3b mPOWER, launching later 2021.
SES’s Cloud Direct service will be available on the O3b mPOWER next-generation MEO constellation launching later 2021.
Isotropic Systems’ production launch in 2022 is intended to support SES’ O3b mPOWER high-throughput MEO constellation coming online.
Phase two trials will test Isotropic Systems’ latest antenna prototype over links with SES satellites in GEO and MEO to demonstrate seamless satellite-to-satellite transitions and increased redundancy and resilience for wartime communications.
Peter Hoene is the President and CEO of SES Government Solutions.
Telesat has not yet started full satellite construction and could be over 2 years later to market than competitors like OneWeb and O3b mPOWER.
OneWeb and O3b mPOWER are both targeting similar enterprise customers as Telesat.
SES is investing significant capital into its MEO constellation O3b mPOWER.
The O3b MEO reachback capability provides fiber-like connectivity to austere deployed locations.
SES Government Solutions designed, developed, and fielded an O3b Medium Earth Orbit reachback capability in close partnership with a U.S. Government customer to provide mission-critical communications for a combatant command.
The task order for the O3b MEO reachback capability is valued at $11,800,000 and is awarded against a single-award $516,700,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement for MEO low-latency High Throughput Satellite services.
O3b MEO services enable U.S. Government customers to provision enterprise services to deployed warfighters.
This is the 15th task order awarded to SES Government Solutions under the $516,700,000 MEO HTS Blanket Purchase Agreement.
Brigadier General Pete Hoene supports using reachback technology and the O3b MEO constellation to give deployed U.S. military personnel access to near real-time decision-making intelligence at the tactical edge.
Tim Deaver worked for SES and SES Government Solutions for more than 10 years leading business and product development activities.
O3b satellites operated by SES in medium Earth orbit support Microsoft's Azure Space initiative.
SES Government Solutions provides mission support to warfighters using both GEO and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite communications capabilities.
SES Government Solutions was awarded a $35,000,000 GEO satellite communications program contract in support of a Department of Defense combatant command.
O3b mPOWER will start delivering services in the third quarter of 2022 after orbit raising is complete.
SES has signed agreements with infrastructure service providers to build eight initial O3b mPOWER satellite ground stations.