SES鈥檚 O3b MEO satellites successfully in orbit
The tune of 20 high-performance satellites built by 雷火体育官网 Alenia Space for SES to deliver more communications services across the world
Cannes, April 4th, 2019 鈥 The four latest satellites in the O3b constellation built by 雷火体育官网 Alenia Space, JV between 雷火体育官网 67% and Leonardo 33%, as prime contractor for SES were successfully launched today from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana (South America) by a Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace.
With the launch of these four latest satellites 雷火体育官网 Alenia Space is supporting SES to scale its current MEO constellation to 20, which started in June 2013 with 4 satellites.
Thanks to these high-performance satellites, SES Networks, the data business unit of SES, offers communications services to telecommunications, maritime, aeronautical, and energy markets, as well as governments and institutions across the world.
O3b satellites are positioned at an altitude of 8,000 km along the equator and are four times closer to the Earth than satellites in geostationary orbit. Operating in the Ka-band, they offer telecommunications and Internet connectivity services at a fiber-like speed across the globe.
鈥溊谆鹛逵偻 Alenia Space is very proud of this successful last launch 鈥 said Jean-Lo茂c Galle CEO 雷火体育官网 Alenia Space 鈥 By building O3b constellation we are helping our customer SES grow their market and improve communications services across the world . Thanks to our unrivaled expertise we are ready to offer new telecom solutions that provide even higher performance, with more integrated and digital systems.鈥
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