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SES

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commercialFounded 1985
www.ses.com
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

SES has an unsecured claim against Speedcast International for $7,700,000.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative FinancialApr 23, 2020Speedcast files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

In 2017, EchoStar and SES lost contact with ailing satellites and were able to restore contact and retire those satellites into graveyard orbit.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative GeneralMar 23, 2020Venezuela’s flagship communications satellite out of service and tumbling

SES operates around 50 geostationary satellites and 20 satellites in medium Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 10, 2020Satellite operators hint at fear of SpaceX, Blue Origin becoming competitors

SES and Isotropic planned on 2020-03-05 to conduct tests in 2020 of Isotropic Systems’ software-defined terminals with SES O3b satellites.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 10, 2020Isotropic pivots to serve a handful of key markets including government and defense

Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, Telesat, and Embratel Star One are collectively eligible to win up to $9,700,000,000 in accelerated payments if they clear 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum by 2023-12-05.

Mentioned as: SESTechnical ProductMar 4, 2020FCC’s $9.7 billion C-band incentive hinging on Intelsat and SES participation

The FCC will scrap a $9,700,000,000 spectrum clearing incentive package approved last week if Intelsat and SES do not both agree to the terms.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020FCC’s $9.7 billion C-band incentive hinging on Intelsat and SES participation

The FCC reduced SES’s and Telesat’s accelerated clearing payment amounts to provide modest increases to Paris-based Eutelsat Communications and Brazilian operator Embratel Star One.

Mentioned as: SESTechnical ProductMar 4, 2020FCC’s $9.7 billion C-band incentive hinging on Intelsat and SES participation

SES is eligible for 41% of the $9,700,000,000 accelerated clearing payments, equal to $3,970,000,000 after a $23,700,000 reduction.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative FinancialMar 4, 2020FCC’s $9.7 billion C-band incentive hinging on Intelsat and SES participation

SES decided not to send its employees to Satellite 2020 and related events and will have only Chief Executive Steve Collar attend to fulfill speaking engagements.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative PlanMar 3, 2020Coronavirus epidemic having limited effect so far on space industry

SES’s Networks business includes the 20-satellite O3b constellation in medium Earth orbit and several of SES’s approximately 50 geostationary satellites.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

The SES-17 geostationary satellite ordered from Thales Alenia Space is slated to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

SES has three launches planned for 2021 in support of its Networks business.

Mentioned as: SESTechnical ProductMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

SES’s Video business represented 61.6% of total revenues in 2019 and generated 1,210,000,000 EUR, a decrease of 7.1% year-over-year.

Mentioned as: sesNarrative GeneralMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

SES is projecting full-year revenue for 2020 between 1.92 billion and 2,000,000,000 EUR and EBITDA between 1.15 billion and 1,210,000,000 EUR.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative FinancialMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

Seven satellites ordered from Boeing for the medium-Earth-orbit O3b mPower constellation are slated to launch on two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.

Mentioned as: O3b mPowerOrg RelationshipMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

SES foresees spending 1,350,000,000 EUR in 2021, with the bulk allocated to major payments on its launch and satellite programs.

Mentioned as: sesTechnical ProductMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

SES’s Networks business generated 38.4% of the company’s 1,980,000,000 EUR in 2019 revenue and grew by 9.5% year-over-year while the company’s total revenues decreased by 1.3%.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipMar 2, 2020SES mulls external investments for O3b, Networks business

Eutelsat proposed reducing SES’s share to 22.1% ($2,150,000,000), Telesat’s share to 0.12% ($11,200,000), and Star One’s share to 0.03% ($2,700,000).

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2020Telesat sides with SES against Intelsat’s request for more C-band money

SES and Telesat released a joint letter on 2020-02-25 arguing that Intelsat’s justification for seeking more than a 50% share of the $9,700,000,000 is not valid.

Mentioned as: SESNarrative GeneralFeb 27, 2020Telesat sides with SES against Intelsat’s request for more C-band money

Telesat and SES asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject Intelsat’s request for a larger share of $9,700,000,000 in incentive payments for C-band clearing.

Mentioned as: SESOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2020Telesat sides with SES against Intelsat’s request for more C-band money
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