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SES and Intelsat are set to receive nearly $9,000,000,000 in combined proceeds for clearing C-band spectrum for terrestrial cellular operators.
A merged SES–Intelsat group would generate more than $4,000,000,000 in combined revenues.
SES operates more than 70 satellites across geostationary and medium Earth orbits.
SES previously launched SES-20 and SES-21 together in October 2022 as part of its C-band transition plan.
SES-18 and SES-19 satellites were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES’s C-band transition plan supports the Federal Communications Commission’s program to clear C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
SES-18 and SES-19 are the fourth and fifth and final satellites launched as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.
SES previously launched SES-22 in June 2022 as part of its C-band transition plan.
SES-18 will begin operations in June 2023 at 103 degrees West replacing the SES-3 C-band payload.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:38 pm local time on Friday, 2023-03-17.
SES and other operators have supported the C-band transition by launching new satellites, building new ground stations, and sending hundreds of satellite earth station technicians across the United States to install new filters on customer antennas.
Gilat completed testing of the SkyEdge IV platform on the geostationary satellite SES-17 and the medium earth orbit systems O3b and O3b mPOWER.
The SkyEdge IV platform enables SES to deliver augmented GEO-MEO services that offer low latency and high availability for maritime, mobility, and fixed applications.
Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform has completed certifications and is being put into commercial use for SES’s MEO and GEO networks.
SES-17 features a fully digital payload run by a powerful digital transponder processor and provides nearly 200 user beams.
SES operates a fleet of 70 satellites that includes the SES-17 geostationary Ka‑band high-throughput satellite.
Thales Alenia Space built and engineered the SES-17 geostationary satellite.
Thales’ FlytLIVE service delivered over SES-17 provides passengers with Wi‑Fi speeds of up to 400 megabits per second.
SpaceX performed two launches a little more than four hours apart on 2023-03-17, launching Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base and two SES communications satellites on another Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SES stands to receive $3,970,000,000 in total incentive payments from the FCC if it can move customers and filter antennas on the ground in time to clear the frequencies by 2022-12-05.