SES-17 is the only high-performance Ka-band satellite currently operating in the Americas region with full coverage over the Argentine mainland.
ARSAT will use SES-17 to improve access to affordable and high-quality satellite broadband services for business and residential applications.
SES-17 is SES’s highest-performance geostationary (GEO) satellite and has played a key role in accelerating digital inclusion programs across the region.
The SES-17 enabled sites will provide free Internet access in public areas across the entire Mexican territory.
The more than 1,100 broadband hotspots selected by CFE TEIT will be enabled by the very high throughput Ka-band SES-17 satellite.
SES-17 is a very high throughput Ka-band satellite used to provide mobile backhaul and broadband services over Mexico and the Americas.
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.
SES-17 arrived in French Guiana by Antonov UR-82007 prior to the VA255 launch.
SES-17 is powered in-orbit by four SPT-140 plasma thrusters manufactured by Fakel in Kaliningrad.
SES-17 was launched on 23 October 2021.
SYRACUSE 4A was launched on 23 October 2021 as a passenger on Ariane 5 mission VA255 alongside SES-17.
SES-17 is a geostationary Ka-band high-throughput satellite built by Thales Alenia Space on an all-electric Spacebus NEO platform.
SES-17 has a reported mass of 6,411 kilograms.
The two VA255 payload masses were provided as 6,411 kilograms for SES-17 and 3,852 kilograms for SYRACUSE 4A.
Ariane 5 mission VA255 launched two geostationary-transfer-orbit satellites, SES-17 and SYRACUSE 4A.
SES-17 includes a fifth-generation digital transparent processor (DTP) as its totally digital payload.
SES plans the same spacecraft to be operable at orbital slots 19.2° East, 23.5° East, and 108° East.
Thales InFlyt plans to use capacity on SES-17 in 2021 for Ka-band service over North America.
SES is preparing the aviation market for seven MEO O3b mPOWER satellites and the geostationary SES-17 satellite scheduled to launch in 2021.
The SES-17 geostationary satellite ordered from Thales Alenia Space is slated to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket.