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All 11 O3b mPower satellites will operate from medium Earth orbit to provide terabits of mobile broadband capacity for government and commercial customers.
SES estimates spending 480,000,000 EUR on the four additional O3b mPower satellites, an amount that covers manufacturing, launch, and insurance.
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.
Boeing will build four additional O3b mPower high-throughput communications satellites for fleet operator SES under an order announced 2020-08-07.
SES plans to deploy its 11-satellite O3b mPower constellation between 2021 and 2024.
Current plans call for launching the first three O3b mPower satellites late next year, six more in 2022, and the final two in 2024.
SES plans to use the incentive payments to pay down its $4,000,000,000 debt.
SES operates a constellation of roughly 50 geostationary satellites from various manufacturers.
To receive the second tranche of $2.99 billion, SES must clear the remaining 180 megahertz by 2023-12-05.
SES stands to earn up to $3,970,000,000 in accelerated clearing incentive payments covered by the auction’s winners if it clears the required spectrum ahead of schedule.
If SES clears at least 120 megahertz by December 2021, SES is eligible to receive a first tranche of incentive payments worth $977,000,000 in early 2022.
SpaceX will launch two satellites built by Northrop Grumman on a Falcon 9 in 2022 for SES.
SES estimates spending $1,670,000,000 on C-band infrastructure, including $1,250,000,000 on replacement satellites and launches and $420,000,000 on ground infrastructure and other costs.
SES is repacking customers that currently use 500 megahertz of C-band spectrum into 200 megahertz by early December 2023.
SES plans to order two more C-band satellites according to the company’s spectrum transition plan filed with the FCC in June.
United Launch Alliance will launch two satellites built by Boeing on a single Atlas V in 2022 for SES.
SpaceX’s agreement with SES includes capacity to launch one additional contingency satellite that has not yet been ordered.
SES selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to each launch two geostationary satellites to replace C-band capacity in the United States being repurposed for 0.005 kg cellular networks.
SES is striving to meet a December 2023 target to vacate spectrum in order to receive $3,970,000,000 in incentive payments for accelerated C-band clearing.
Eutelsat competitors SES and ViaSat have reconfigurable satellites scheduled to launch in 2021.