The SpaceX contract with the Royal Caribbean Group to equip all its vessels with Starlink broadband means that SES and its much-lauded O3b/mPOWER technology now has what looks like serious competition. The SES mPOWER satellites are due to start coming into service by the end of Q1/2023. SES is using SpaceX to launch the first […]
Aerospace company Boeing has delivered two satellites for connectivity service provider SES to their launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the upcoming launch of the twin spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “SES-20 and SES-21 are the first commercial satellites we’ve delivered since the start of the global pandemic,” […]
The world’s three leading satellite operators are talking about mergers. Eutelsat has announced its plan to merge with OneWeb, while SES is reported to be in talks to merge with Intelsat. But the market has delivered a devastating comment on both sets of reports. For example, Eutelsat suffered a massive fall in its share price […]
The important addition to the SES fleet of satellites by its new mPOWER medium Earth orbiting craft has again been delayed. The news, perhaps linked with the reports that SES was in discussions with arch-rival Intelsat over a possible link-up, didn’t help the SES share price, which crashed 9.2 per cent in early trading on […]
While the market will no doubt be talking about a potential merger between SES and Intelsat, SES reported its half-year financials on August 4th. However, the numbers show that SES’s Video division, still a very important element of the company’s revenue stream, was down 7 per cent (y-o-y) despite being helped by a growing income […]
SES and Intelsat are reportedly in talks about a possible combination, says the Financial Times. The two satellite giants are in active discussions about the structure of any potential deal, according to three people familiar with the matter, says the FT, as a wave of mergers and acquisitions sweeps across the satellite industry. “Neither wants […]
SES has completed the purchase of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (DRS GES). The company is a leader in supplying satellite capacity to the US Government and military. The DRS GES business will be combined with SES Government Solutions to create a scaled solutions provider serving the multi-orbit satellite communications needs of the US Government and […]
SES and AXESS Networks, a provider of satellite connectivity solutions, are accelerating the digital transition of the mining industry with SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system O3b mPOWER, the two companies has announced. Under this multi-year, multi-million agreement, the mining sector users will be able to benefit from the cutting-edge low-latency Onshore Energy & […]
SES has announced that it has signed an O3b mPOWER satellite connectivity contract with a “landmark ship of a leading family cruise line” – but has not revealed the identity of the cruise line. The cruise line’s existing fleet will also transition its connectivity to SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system O3b mPOWER, alongside […]
Former SES Astra CCO Alexander Oudendijk will join Brussels-based neXat, the satellite capacity aggregation platform, as its new president. Oudendijk brings more than 30 years’ experience in the satellite industry, including more than eight years as CCO at SES Astra. Prior to that, Oudendijk was MD at Hughes Network Systems Europe. “neXat is a unique, […]