SES

The C-Band Alliance agreed to offer 200 megahertz of C-band spectrum for use in 0.005 kg mobile networks, up from a 100-megahertz proposal first made in February by Intelsat, Intel, and SES.

Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat formed the C-Band Alliance on 2018-10-01 to facilitate the transfer of C-band spectrum and distribute proceeds from cellular companies for replacement infrastructure and customer migration costs.

ThinKom’s aeronautical antenna tested with SES is 0.2 m thick and uses mechanical systems to track satellites.

SES operates 16 first-generation O3b satellites from Thales Alenia Space in approximately 8,000-kilometer medium Earth orbit.

SES planned a final first-generation Soyuz launch of four O3b satellites in 2019, completing the 16 O3b satellites that launched on Soyuz four at a time.

SES plans to integrate flexible, reconfigurable payloads into its geostationary satellites to enable full integration into SES’s network.

Arianespace-operated Soyuz launches previously supported medium Earth orbit missions for the European Commission’s Galileo navigation satellites and SES’s O3b telecom fleet.

SES intends to design many future geostationary satellites with attributes of O3b to appeal to cloud networks.

SES operates more than 50 geostationary satellites in approximately 36,000-kilometer orbits that provide a mix of television broadcast and data connectivity.

SES plans to integrate O3b mPower with its geostationary fleet using an intelligent ground network that can manage services across orbits.

Four additional Arianespace customers with Soyuz missions scheduled 2018 or next include OneWeb, OneWeb’s base in the Channel Islands, SES of Luxembourg, the Italian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.

SES anticipates that the next satellites will have even more data to process.

SES is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in simplifying operations of its communications satellite fleet.

SES manages a very large fleet with tens of thousands of telemetry signals on each satellite.

Jefferies estimated on 2018-10-02 that Intelsat could generate $3,900,000,000 from transferring C-band, SES could gain 3,600,000,000 EUR, and Eutelsat could gain 395,000,000 EUR.

Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat founded the C-band Alliance on 2018-10-01 to oversee the C-band spectrum transfer and serve as the FCC-designated transition facilitator.

SES estimated that new C-band satellites would likely cost between $150,000,000 and $250,000,000 in capital expenditure per satellite.

The Federal Communications Commission's point person for C-band established that 0.005 kg cellular networks will need at least twice as much satellite spectrum as Intelsat and SES initially estimated.

Intelsat, SES, and Eutelsat agreed to cede portions of C-band spectrum in the United States to support 0.005 kg in exchange for financial compensation.

SES’s O3b satellites operate in medium Earth orbit at about 8,0 m and have latency under 200 milliseconds.