[82], In May 2020, SES released the results of the 2019 Satellite Monitor TV reception survey, which for the first time covered the Philippines. [46], Astra 2E was launched to the Astra 28.2° East position from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on 30 September 2013 to provide free-to-air and encrypted DTH digital TV and satellite broadband services for Europe and the Middle East. Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect were selected based on their next-generation modem technologies.
[73], In May 2018, SES broadcast an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time, as part of its Industry Days conference at the Luxembourg HQ. LUXEMBOURGg SES today announced Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect as its latest technology partners who will be developing the core infrastructure modem platforms for O3b mPOWER, SES's ground-breaking non-geostationary-satellite orbit (NGSO) communications system. [98], SES-14 (launched January 2018) hosts the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission for NASA to investigate the Sun's impact on the Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere.[99].
Combined with our O3b MEO constellation, our GEO HTS satellites deliver the industry’s only multi-orbit, multi-band offering that provides unprecedented network resiliency and intelligent, application-aware load balancing. [35] Also in 2009, SES announced its investment in O3b Networks a project to build a medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellation to deliver high-speed, low-latency, fibre-like internet broadband trunking to the world's emerging regions ("the Other 3 billion"). “Sometimes we will be sending traffic over the GEO system, over the MEO system or indeed over terrestrial links in order to deliver the right kind of experience to our customers.”. [89][90], The following active satellites are owned and operated by SES, as of March 2020[update]. Coordinates: 49°41′39″N 06°19′49″E / 49.69417°N 6.33028°E / 49.69417; 6.33028, SES S.A. is a Luxembourgish satellite and terrestrial telecommunications network provider supplying video and data connectivity worldwide to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and institutions.[4][5]. Collar said SES is retooling the entire company by “hiring a whole load of software engineers” and network engineers — talent the satellite industry has to fight with internet giants such as Google and Facebook for — to position the satellite operator as part of a larger cloud ecosystem. The satellite will enable a range of performance improvements, including even greater stability during periods of high ionospheric activity.
Each satellite will have ten 36 MHz C-band transponders for delivery of digital TV and data services, and will be launched in 2022 to orbital slots at 103.0° West, 131.0° West and 135.0° West.
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Video services encompasses technical ground services, such as content management, playout, encryption, satellite uplinks and interactive services, to broadcasters worldwide. Video distribution delivers video content via Direct-to-Home, Direct-to-Cable and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) platforms, and includes wholly owned subsidiary HD+, the direct-to-consumer high-definition digital satellite TV platform in Germany. Based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg and founded in 1985 as Société Européenne des Satellites, the company was renamed SES Global in 2001 and has been simply "SES" since 2006. [81], In September 2019, the media technical services provider MX1, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, was merged into the SES Video division, dropping the MX1 brand and providing all broadcast and streamed content management, playout, distribution, and monetisation services under the SES name. We take a highly consultative approach to customer engagement. [44], In September 2012, Astra 2F was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana, the first of three "next generation" satellites at the second Astra orbital position at 28.2° East. [52], Astra 2G, the final "next generation" satellite for the 28.2° East orbital position was launched from the Baikonur in December 2014 to deliver broadcast, VSAT and broadband services to Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and to connect West Africa to Europe via Ka-band.
In challenging market conditions, it’s especially important to de-risk rural and remote mobile network deployments. This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. SES-9: 108.2° E: Boeing Satellite Systems: Boeing 702HP: 81 K u-band. [43] In July 2012, SES-5, the 51st SES Satellite was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan to 5.0° East with 36 Ku-band transponders to provide coverage over Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nordic and the Baltic regions in Europe, and 28 C-band transponders for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This enables them to provide coverage to a specific area of the Earth.
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The present form aims at collecting such consent in compliance with the applicable laws, taking into particular consideration your rights as data subject. “Ten years ago we were at the beginning of the journey of: how do we become a network provider rather than being defined as being a satellite operator? [66], In June 2017, SES announced the start of a 30-month project by the Satellite and Terrestrial Network for 5G (SaT5G) consortium for the seamless, and economically viable, integration of satellite (such as SES' geostationary orbit and medium Earth orbit high throughput satellites) into future 5G networks, improving the ubiquity, resilience and efficiency of 5G services, and opening new markets in media distribution, transport and underserved areas. [citation needed], In 1996, after the launch of Astra 1E, SES pioneered digital satellite transmission with the French Canal+. In addition to Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect, SES has also announced O3b mPOWER partnerships with SpaceX for launches, ALCAN, Isotropic Systems and Viasat for customer edge terminals, Amdocs for NFV technology, Kythera Space Solutions for the ARC software, Microsoft for gateways, and IBM and Microsoft for cloud connectivity. [38], In May and September 2011, SES restructured and rebranded the company to streamline the organisation's activities under a single management team and one main brand (SES), incorporating the company's two previous operating entities, SES Astra and SES World Skies. SES makes modem picks for non-Geo satellite platform . In July, SES forecast its broadcast revenue will shift from 68 percent of total revenue today to less than 60 percent by 2020. Named O3b mPOWER, the new constellation of (initially) seven MEO satellites built by Boeing Satellite Systems will deliver 10 terabits of capacity globally through 30,000 spot beams for broadband internet services.
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[68], On 11 October 2017, a flight-proven (refurbished) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-11 satellite to the geostationary orbital position of 105.0° West.
Die SES S.A. (bis 2007 SES Global) ist eine 2001 gegründete Management-Holding von Satellitenbetreibern, darunter SES Astra, Betreiberin des Astra-Satellitensystems, und der General-Electric-Tochter GE AMERICOM, heute SES Americom.SES steht für Société Européenne des Satellites, zu Deutsch Europäische Satellitengesellschaft.Seit Dezember 2005 ist auch New Skies Satellites N.V. …
[65], In May 2017, SES announced the successful integration with the SES-14 satellite of the NASA Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) scientific hosted payload built by the University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
This means that each individual satellite can offer drastically increased bandwidth, and effectively deliver higher performance capability at a lower cost since the cost per bit goes down as more bits of information can be delivered simultaneously. [39][40], In August 2011, the Astra 1N satellite was launched to the 28.2° East orbital position,[41] and in September 2011, the QuetzSat 1 satellite was launched to 77.0° West[42], In February 2012, SES-4 was successfully launched to become SES' 50th satellite and the largest, heaviest and most powerful in the fleet. On the basis of the above we kindly request you to fill in the form below. Services like this will be further enhanced by the entry into service of the SES-55 GEO satellite. [45], SES-6 was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 3 June 2013 to 40.5° East, to replace NSS-806 and provide continuity of service and expansion capacity in C-band for Latin America and the Caribbean. [74], In September 2018, in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of July 2018 from the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz spectrum available for next-generation terrestrial fixed and mobile broadband services,[75] SES, along with Intelsat, Eutelsat and Telesat - together providing the majority of C-band satellite services in the United States, including media distribution reaching 100 million United States households - established the C-Band Alliance (CBA). SES has pioneered many industry technological developments, including DTH transmission, co-location of satellites, free-to-air broadcast neighbourhoods, digital broadcasting, HDTV[10] and 3DTV. In 2003, SES' stake in NSAB was increased to 75%[29] and in 2005 SES acquired a participation in Canadian satellite operator Ciel and in Mexico's Quetzsat, as well as the divestment from Nahuelsat. When organizations like the military or other government agencies start to get more bandwidth, they find new and exciting applications that take advantage of it. [96][97], SES-15 (launched May 2017) includes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) air navigation aid to augment the Global Positioning System (GPS), with the goal of improving its accuracy, integrity and availability. At the 2019, SES Industry Days conference at Betzdorf, Luxembourg broadcast quality 8K content (with a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels at 50 frames/s) was encoded using a Spin Digital HEVC encoder (at a bit rate of 70 Mbit/s), uplinked to a single 33 MHz transponder on SES' Astra 28.2°E satellites and the downlink received and displayed on a Samsung 82in Q950RB production model TV.
SES has made strategic investments in next-generation GEO high-throughput satellites that bring exceptional broadband to key industry verticals such as telecom, energy, government, maritime and cloud.
More than half of the world's population has no access to the internet. Central American service provider COMNET partners with SES to deliver an enhanced satellite-enabled connectivity solution to businesses throughout Central America, ushering in a new era of analytics, control, and automation to increase eff iciency and productivity.