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SES’s O3b satellites operate in medium Earth orbit at about 8,0 m and have latency under 200 milliseconds.
Intelsat and SES originally sought to open up 100 megahertz of the C-band, which stretches from 3.7 to 4.2 GHz.
Thales InFlyt plans to use capacity on SES-17 in 2021 for Ka-band service over North America.
The new SES spacecraft are specified to weigh between 2.5 and 2,900 kg and to provide approximately 12.5 kilowatts of power.
SES worked with 11 potential satellite vendors and selected three for continued cooperation.
SES plans the same spacecraft to be operable at orbital slots 19.2° East, 23.5° East, and 108° East.
SES plans to use homogenous satellites with digitally processed payloads that can be reconfigured to perform any job in geostationary or medium Earth orbit.
O3b mPower is a seven-satellite constellation built by Boeing that is slated to begin launching in 2021.
If the SES board of directors approves the plan, SES will solicit proposals by the end of the month and begin purchasing the new spacecraft in early 2019.
SES plans to launch four more O3b satellites in 2019.
SES plans to stack three of its future satellites on rockets and have the rockets drop them off in medium Earth orbit or geostationary transfer orbit as needed.
SES operates 56 satellites in geostationary orbit.
SES is investing more than 1,000,000,000 EUR in O3b mPower, a seven-satellite constellation built by Boeing for internet and data connectivity.
SES President and Chief Executive Steve Collar supported the U.S. C-band arrangement as a unique opportunity to create a win-win outcome.
SES Networks operates a constellation of 16 O3b satellites that currently provides satellite broadband in medium Earth orbit.
SES is maintaining its revenue forecast for SES Networks at 660 to 690,000,000 EUR for 2018.
SES currently operates 16 Ka-band O3b satellites in medium Earth orbit and has another four slated to launch next year on a Europeanized Soyuz from Arianespace.
SES’s total number of channels broadcast reached 7,941, a 3 percent annual increase.
O3b mPower is a seven-satellite system that Boeing is building for SES to provide 10 terabits of capacity for internet and data connectivity services.
SES Video is pursuing business leads for the SES-10 satellite, which provides new coverage to Latin America, and for SES-9, which replaced NSS-7 in 2016 and provides new capacity over Asia.