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 eight O3b mPOWER ground station sites will provide telemetry, tracking, and control capabilities for SES to manage the constellation.
One-hop connectivity to Microsoft Azure from SES’s remote O3b mPOWER sites will provide O3b mPOWER customers the ability to optimize business operations with increased flexibility and agility.
SES has ground stations for O3b mPOWER located in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia operated by Pivotel and in Thermopylae, Greece operated by OTE.
Kratos partnered with SES Government Solutions to provide SATCOM capacity for the demonstration.
O3b mPOWER is built upon SES’s current generation O3b system that has been operational since 2014.
The fully funded O3b mPOWER system will provide global coverage with as few as six satellites and will ramp capacity under its current plan of 11 satellites.
The O3b system is the only commercially proven non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) constellation preferred by companies due to the robust ground infrastructure developed by SES and its technology partners.
O3b mPOWER is located approximately 8,0 m above the Earth's surface in medium Earth orbit (MEO).
O3b mPOWER is a next-generation, high-performance, low-latency non-geostationary satellite constellation scheduled to launch in 2021-07-01.
SES conducted a demo on the current O3b constellation in Saryagash in central Kazakhstan that provided 730 megabits per second to a local mobile tower and enabled delivery of carrier-grade, low-latency Wi-Fi services in the region.
The Luxembourg Government and SES Techcom launched the second phase of the SATMED telemedicine project that will run into 2024.
Over-the-air trials at an SES teleport in Port St. Lucie, Florida verified Isotropic Systems’ high-performance multi-beam platform meets military requirements to acquire and track SES’ O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites.
Phase two trials will test Isotropic Systems’ latest antenna prototype over links with SES satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) to demonstrate seamless satellite-to-satellite transitions and redundant, resilient wartime communications.
SES purchased O3b in 2016 and integrated a roughly 100-person O3b team into SES.
SES has provided Sky UK with a decades-long delivery of a flawless and immersive TV viewing experience.
SES will deliver Sky UK’s channels in standard definition, high definition, and ultra-high definition from the 28.2/28.5 degrees East orbital slots to subscribers across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
SES Government Solutions designed, developed, and is fielding an O3b Medium Earth Orbit loopback capability in partnership with a U.S. Government customer to provide improved mission-critical communications for Department of Defense operations in remote locations in Southwest Asia.
Each of the five sites in the O3b MEO loopback configuration provides up to 450 Mbps of capacity.
SES signed multi-year capacity agreements totaling more than 66,000,000 EUR in backlog with multiple public broadcasters in Europe throughout 2020.
The public broadcasters that signed contracts directly with SES include ARD and ZDF in Germany, BBC in the UK, BVN in the Netherlands, and TV5Monde and France 24 from France via partner Globecast.