Arianespace launched SES-17 in October 2021 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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.
SES-17 is SES’s first high-throughput geostationary satellite operating in Ka-band.
SES-17 provides coverage across the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean from the orbital slot at 67.1 degrees West.
SES-17 was launched in October 2021 from Arianespace’s Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
SES-17 was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and is equipped with nearly 200 beams of mixed size for flexible allocation of capacity over high-traffic airline routes.
SES-17 entered service from geostationary orbit in June 2022.
SES-17 is a high-performance geostationary Ka-band satellite launched by SES.
SES-17 operates at 67 degrees West and provides full coverage over the Argentine mainland.
SES launched SES-17, a high-performance geostationary (GEO) satellite.
ARSAT will use SES’s high-performance geostationary satellite SES-17 to deliver high-quality connectivity services.
SES-17 operates in geostationary orbit at 67 degrees West longitude.
Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform was selected for SES’s geostationary very high throughput satellite SES-17.
Gilat completed testing of the SkyEdge IV platform on the geostationary satellite SES-17 and the medium earth orbit systems O3b and O3b mPOWER.
SES-17 is SES’s highest-performance geostationary (GEO) satellite and is used to accelerate digital inclusion programmes and improve access to affordable, high-quality satellite-enabled broadband services in the region.
The delivered satellite services will be split roughly evenly between the SES-17 high-throughput geostationary satellite and the O3b mPOWER Medium Earth Orbit system.
SES signed 17 new enterprise deals in 2022 related to SES-17 and other services.
SES completed rigorous testing of Gilat’s SkyEdge IV on the geostationary satellite SES-17 and the medium Earth orbit systems O3b and O3b mPOWER.
SES operates a fleet of 70 satellites that includes the SES-17 geostationary Ka‑band high-throughput satellite.
Thales’ FlytLIVE service delivered over SES-17 provides passengers with Wi‑Fi speeds of up to 400 megabits per second.