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SES’s existing mPOWER MEO fleet was mostly full and the three remaining mPOWER satellites from Boeing were needed on orbit.
SES plans to assemble some of its own satellites much closer to its Luxembourg base to control parts of the supply chain.
After the three demo tests, K2 Space will build a fully specified satellite for SES that is intended to be agile, manoeuvrable, and flexible.
SES views MEO as a strategic orbital layer that is closer to LEO than to GEO.
SES designs its future satellites as “Mega Class” satellites and has dubbed the planned family the MEO-Sphere fleet.
SES and K2 Space will have a strategic collaboration to co-develop future medium Earth orbit (MEO) network infrastructure and technologies.
SES will revamp its satellite procurement starting this year.
SES will conduct the first demonstration flight for its future multi-mission medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation with K2 Space launching this spring.
Gilat expected awards from both SES and Panasonic as early as this quarter.
Adel Al-Saleh introduced the meoSphere network-of-networks concept for SES to integrate existing assets, the IRIS² constellation, and next-generation satellites into a software-defined platform.
SES launched two new Medium-Earth Orbit satellites in 2025 to increase capacity on the O3b mPOWER constellation.
SES is the first commercial customer for Impulse Space’s Helios kick stage mission.
SES ordered a GEO servicing mission from Infinite Orbits.
SES partnered with Cailabs to test space-to-ground optical links.
SES is a strategic investor in the merged Lynk-Omnispace company.
SES is collaborating with manufacturing startup K2 Space on upcoming MEO pathfinder missions.
SES has a HummingSat order with SWISSto12 for four satellites with the first of that new fleet scheduled to launch in 2027.
SES is shifting from large 6,000-kilogram GEO satellites toward smaller, sub-1,000-kilogram GEO satellites to increase agility and on‑board flexibility.
SES is responsible for the MEO/mPOWER segment of the European IRIS2 program.
SES is the world’s largest operator of geostationary satellites following its acquisition of Intelsat’s assets.