SES Set to Expand O3b Fleet with Arrival of Four MEO Satellites in Kourou Ahead of March Launch
Written on January 29, 2018 LUXEMBOURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Four new O3b satellites have arrived safely at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for launch by a Soyuz vehicle in March 2018. The four O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites will be placed in orbit nearly 8,000 kilometres from Earth, four times closer to the […]
GovSat-1 Successfully Launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
Written on 31 Jan 2018 GovSat’s first satellite, GovSat-1, will be positioned at 21.5 degrees East and provide highly secure capabilities to governments and institutions Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, 31 January 2018 – The GovSat-1 spacecraft was successfully launched into space today on board a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 04:25 PM […]
SES-14 in good health and on track despite launch anomaly
Written on 26 Jan 2018 Following Ariane-5 launch anomaly, SES has successfully established connection with SES-14 Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, 26 January 2018 – Following the anomaly that occurred during the launch on an Ariane 5 rocket last night, SES announces that it has successfully established a telemetry and telecommand connection to its SES-14 spacecraft and […]
SES-14 Arrives at Kourou for January Launch
SES-14 will capture growth opportunities in thriving video, maritime and aeronautical markets across the Americas and the North Atlantic region Luxembourg, 22 December 2017 — SES-14 has arrived safely at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for launch by an Ariane 5 vehicle in January 2018. SES-14, which will be positioned […]
GOLD team successfully completes environmental testing
Posted December 14th, 2017, courtesy of LASP NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument has successfully completed environmental testing at Airbus in Toulouse, France, in preparation for its groundbreaking mission to observe the nearest reaches of space. Scheduled for launch in late January 2018, GOLD will measure densities and temperatures in […]
SES Networks First to Achieve MEF CE 2.0 Services Certification Over Satellite
MEF-certified Ethernet services from SES Networks provide customers with standardised service options that are easily and seamlessly integrated into current operations Luxembourg, 7 November 2017 — SES Networks has achieved the rigorous MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification, making it the first and only global managed data service provider capable of delivering ubiquitous, high-performance, […]
SES GS Awarded U.S. Government Satellite Solutions Contract
November 2, 2017 SES Government Solutions awarded Complex Commercial Satellite Communications Solutions contract (CS3) to bid on U.S. Government managed-services opportunities LUXEMBOURG– SES announced that the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Future Satellite Communications Service Acquisition (FCSA) program has awarded SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, a spot on the Complex Commercial Satellite […]
SES GS to Provide More MEO-enabled SATCOM Solutions for U.S. Government
October 9, 2017 SES GS to provide nearly 4 Gbps of managed services for 13 sites globally by year-end LUXEMBOURG–SES announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Government Solutions (SES GS), has won several key contracts to provide critically important managed network services leveraging SES’s unique high throughput, low latency Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]
