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In a previous post on the GovSat Report, my associate Randy Bland eloquently described some of the reasons why satellite communications were so essential in...

VIDEO: Pete Hoene on the benefits of hosted payloads

07 May 2015

In a recent podcast on the GovSat Report, experts from Leidos, Orbital ATK and SES GS came together to discuss the CHIRP program – the...

Military discusses defending SATCOM at Space Symposium

28 Apr 2015

Tim Deaver

The SES GS team recently had the opportunity to attend the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This annual conference brings together representatives from...

VIDEO: Pete Hoene on MEO satellites and their potential benefits for the government

23 Apr 2015

In a previous post on the GovSat Report, Randy Bland of SES GS laid out why latency is yet another enemy on the battlefield for...

PODCAST: CHIRP team discusses program and benefits of hosted payloads

15 Apr 2015

In September of 2011, a SES satellite was launched with some special cargo aboard – the first ever U.S. Air Force Hosted Payload on board...

Increased mobility and bandwidth dominate discussion at SATELLITE 2015

08 Apr 2015

Randall Bland

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend SATELLITE 2015, one of the year’s largest satellite conferences, which was taking place at the Walter E....

Conversations at Satellite 2015 show need for acquisition reform in the federal government

02 Apr 2015

Jeff Rowlison

I recently had the opportunity to attend the SATELLITE 2015 Conference in Washington, D.C. While the conference brought satellite communications, hardware and services companies together...

VIDEO: Pete Hoene on the evolution of the commercial satellite industry

24 Mar 2015

On March 2, 2015, Pete Hoene took over as the CEO of SES Government Services (SES GS), a global satellite solutions provider, where he previously...

Latency – the other enemy on the battlefield

11 Mar 2015

Randall Bland

In my last post on GovSat Report, I discussed why commercial SATCOM is essential for the delivery of advanced IT capabilities to the edge for...

The case for commercial SatCom in today’s military

Randall Bland

There are many examples of how today’s military is dependent on data, reliant on information and in constant need of communication and collaboration. Military intelligence...

Three brand new birds for SES

SES announced the addition of three next-generation satellites to its family; SES-14, SES-15 and SES-16/Govsat, which will allow SES to address the accelerating needs of...

The SES Google Earth satellite tool, check out what’s new!

SES’s online Google Earth satellite tool shows you all of our satellites in orbit so you can compare coverage maps across the globe – all...

ASTRA 2G successfully launched into orbit

Last night SES’ ASTRA 2G satellite roared into space on board an ILS Proton Breeze M booster from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft lifted...

O3b satellites successfully launched

01 Mar 2015