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Reliance Jio, which is partnering with SES, is also affected by the spectrum allocation delay.
SES S.A. agreed to sell Deeply Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Securities for a total amount of EUR 1 billion.
The first stage booster on the Cape Canaveral 2024-08-31 Falcon 9 mission was flying its 18th flight and had previously launched CRS-24, OneWeb 1, SES 18 & 19, Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F1, and 14 Starlink missions.
SES plans a first in-orbit demonstration in January using a low Earth orbit spacecraft from Planet.
SES launched the ASTRA 1P satellite on 2024-06-20 from Cape Canaveral, Florida to augment its satellite fleet at the 19.2 degrees East video neighborhood.
SES intends to use its GEO and MEO services to enable LEO operators to reduce the time taken to deliver information from hours to minutes.
Satellite delivery via SES at 19.2 degrees East serves 18 million satellite TV households in Germany and Austria.
SES was the first commercial satellite operator to launch with SpaceX in 2013.
The successful launch of ASTRA 1P is a significant milestone for both SES and SpaceX.
SpaceX launched Astra 1P for Luxembourg fleet operator SES on 2024-06-20 toward geostationary orbit.
ASTRA 1P will join SES’s fleet of geostationary satellites and operate at the 19.2 degrees East orbital position to deliver content to viewers in Europe.
SES plans to buy rival satellite operator Intelsat for $3,100,000,000.
SES states that ASTRA 1P will replace aging satellites in SES's 19.2° East prime video neighborhood and will increase available capacity.
SES secured a three billion euro debt package on 2024-06-19 to support its planned acquisition of Intelsat.
ASTRA 1P will help SES maintain its leading position in the European satellite TV market.
SES currently provides TV services to around 119 million households from four satellites at the 19.2 degrees East orbital slot, mostly in Germany, Spain, and France.
Astra 1KR, the oldest SES satellite operating at 19.2 degrees East, was launched in April 2006.
SES requires the new satellites to continue broadcasting satellite TV channels in high picture quality effectively across Germany, France, and Spain.
SpaceX targeted June 20 for the Falcon 9 launch of SES ASTRA 1P from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SES ordered the Ku-band Astra 1Q satellite from Thales Alenia Space in 2021 at the same time as Astra 1P for the 19.2 degrees East orbital position.