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 O3b mPOWER MEO constellation and the SES-17 GEO satellite were scheduled to launch in late 2021.
Galaxy-37 is the last of 13 satellites ordered between Intelsat and SES to consolidate North American broadcast customers and free up 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum.
SES chose SpaceX in 2019 to launch seven O3b mPower satellites on two Falcon 9 missions in 2021.
The O3b mPower constellation builds off SES’s current O3b fleet of 20 satellites built by Thales Alenia Space.
On 2020-08-20, SES selected SpaceX to launch four recently ordered O3b mPower broadband satellites.
SpaceX will launch all 11 of SES’s O3b mPower satellites to medium Earth orbit across four Falcon 9 launches.
SES signed contracts earlier this summer with Northrop Grumman and Boeing for two C-band satellites apiece.
Boeing is using its 702x software-defined satellite platform to build the O3b mPower spacecraft.
All 11 O3b mPower satellites will operate from medium Earth orbit to provide terabits of mobile broadband capacity for government and commercial customers.
SES ordered launches from SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support its C-band satellite deployments.
SES estimates spending 480,000,000 EUR on the four additional O3b mPower satellites, an amount that covers manufacturing, launch, and insurance.
SES selected Thales Alenia Space to build two C-band satellites.
SES characterized the satellites ordered from Thales Alenia Space as contingency satellites to ensure clearing of 300 megahertz of auctioned spectrum two years ahead of the FCC’s December 2025 deadline.
The order announced 2020-08-07 expands the second-generation O3b mPower constellation to 11 satellites.
SES plans to deploy its 11-satellite O3b mPower constellation between 2021 and 2024.
Boeing will build four additional O3b mPower high-throughput communications satellites for fleet operator SES under an order announced 2020-08-07.
The 2020-08-07 contract between SES and Thales Alenia Space follows a flurry of satellite manufacturing and launch deals SES signed with U.S. companies as it races to clear 300 megahertz of C-band over the next 40 months to earn nearly $4,000,000,000 in incentive payments.
Current plans call for launching the first three O3b mPower satellites late next year, six more in 2022, and the final two in 2024.
Boeing is building the first seven O3b mPower satellites under a contract awarded in 2017.
SES operates a fleet of 20 first-generation O3b satellites built by Thales Alenia Space.