Andesat tapped SES to offer enhanced connectivity services via the SES-14 satellite to support enterprise services and universal service obligation commitments over Chile and Peru.
Andesat selected SES to deliver enhanced connectivity services via the SES-14 satellite over Chile and Peru.
The project called "Zonas Comunitarias para la Paz" will provide free Wi-Fi services to historically unconnected areas across Colombia via SES-17 and SES-14 satellites.
As of August 28, 2017, SES moved SES-14 to an Ariane 5 ECA launch in early Q1 2018 and planned to have SpaceX launch SES-12 on a Falcon 9 in Q1 2018.
SES used the Ariane 5 that had been assigned to SES-12 to launch SES-14 on an expedited schedule to replace the malfunctioning NSS-806 satellite.
An Arianespace Ariane 5 anomaly sent SES-14 into the wrong orbit, requiring an estimated four weeks of additional maneuvering with onboard propellant to reach geostationary slot.
NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) payload launched in 2018 on the SES-14 satellite on an Ariane 5.
SES-14 was launched in 2018 and delivers content and connectivity across Latin America, the Caribbean, and North Atlantic regions.