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SES’s O3b Networks constellation comprises 20 medium-Earth-orbit satellites operating at 8,63 km over the equator and using 17-19 GHz frequencies for high-speed broadband services to mainly enterprise and government customers.
SES used at least one of its satellites to secure frequencies on 2022-05-10, two days before the regulatory deadline for the Cleosat filing.
SES operates satellites in geostationary orbit to provide broadband and broadcast services.
Luxembourg selected SES early 2022 to operate the Cleosat constellation.
NASA’s Communications Services Project awarded SES Government Solutions nearly $29,000,000 through a Funded Space Act Agreement to demonstrate commercial radio frequency GEO C-band and MEO Ka-band relay networks for SATCOM services to spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
SES Government Solutions and Planet Labs will develop a real-time, always-on, low-latency connectivity solution enabled by SES’s GEO and MEO constellations, including O3b mPOWER, to support NASA missions.
Under the Funded Space Act Agreement, SES Government Solutions will complete technology development and in-space demonstrations by 2025.
SES does not provide capacity to NTV Plus or Tricolor but works with other Russian broadcasters that are not deemed to be pro-Kremlin.
SES and SpaceX are planning to deploy six O3b mPower satellites across three SpaceX launches between July and September 2022.
SES was awarded a framework contract by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to provide, through REACH, a SATCOM service in Ku-band, Ka-band, and military-Ka-band and a ground segment for RPAS connectivity across multiple coastal regions of the European Union.
The agreement between SES and ESA succeeds PACIS-1, which resulted in the development of SES’s REACH platform comprising geostationary satellites for governments and institutions.
The new agreement will integrate non-geostationary MEO satellites into the REACH platform, enabling higher performance through SES’s O3b constellation and the upcoming O3b mPOWER system.
SES’s non-geostationary MEO satellite network will be part of the GovSatCom-grade satellite communications platform developed with co-funding by the European Space Agency (ESA).
SES-17 is scheduled to reach its orbit as of mid-2022.
Arianespace launched SES-17 in October 2021 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
COMNET has leveraged SES’s satellite fleet and managed services in C-, Ku-, and Ka-band for the last 15 years to provide connectivity to underserved areas in the isthmus.
SES-17 is SES’s first high-throughput geostationary satellite operating in Ka-band.
COMNET’s QUANTTUM Ka solution powered by SES-17 will provide high-quality, reliable, and fast internet connectivity to accelerate digital access in the region.
SES-17 provides coverage across the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean from the orbital slot at 67.1 degrees West.
COMNET will leverage SES-17 Ka-band satellite capacity and SES’s managed services to offer a QUANTTUM Ka enterprise solution as an extension of COMNET’s QUANTTUM broadband portfolio.