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 FCC approval enables SES to triple the next-generation O3b mPOWER fleet for which Boeing is building the first seven satellites in anticipation of a 2021 launch.
The 26 additional O3b satellites will operate in both inclined and equatorial orbits, expanding O3b coverage from its present ~50 degrees latitude to the poles.
SES bought O3b Networks in 2016 for $730,000,000.
NASA joined the Air Force hosted payload initiative and launched the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) as a hosted payload aboard the commercial satellite SES-14 in January.
SES of Luxembourg was the first satellite operator to use SpaceX to launch a multimillion-dollar geostationary communications satellite in 2013.
O3b mPOWER is a satellite communications system operated by SES Networks designed to provide connectivity for application-aware services on a global scale.
SES Networks selected Viasat’s solid-state, fully-electronic phased array flat panel antenna for the O3b mPOWER satellite communications system on 2018-03-08.