With six out of 13 O3b mPOWER satellites launched and strategically located satellite ground stations, SES is now deploying O3b mPOWER services around the world.
About O3b mPOWER
O3b mPOWER is SES's second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system located 8,000km above Earth. To date, SES has launched six out of 13 O3b mPOWER high-throughput and low-latency satellites and has built an extensive ground infrastructure around the world. The system started providing global connectivity services in April 2024.
Keeping up with O3b mPOWER
SES is now deploying O3b mPOWER services worldwide, delivering high throughput, flexibility and low latency.
Features
Proven Impact
O3b mPOWER is SES’s second-generation MEO constellation. It is built on the proven track record of SES’s current O3b constellation. The O3b system has been delivering communications services since 2014 to customers operating in nearly 50 countries today.
Our Customers
The O3b mPOWER system is capable of delivering reliable connectivity services with high throughput, ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple gigabits per second to mobile network operators, cruises, energy companies, as well as governments and institutions across the world.
Technology Ecosystem
We work with various technology partners ranging from satellite manufacturer and launcher to software companies and modem partners to from an ecosystem designed to deliver unprecedented performance.
As the journey of O3b mPOWER unfolds, a crucial part of its development lies in the communications system’s cutting-edge technology. Whether it’s the satellites, ground infrastructure or new digital software, SES’s mission, together with our technology partners, is to leverage innovations in software-driven automation and network control so that satellite-based networks can be integrated seamlessly into existing networks. Find out more about how the O3b mPOWER technology is being developed.
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Space Segment
Our industry-leading space sector partners are essential to our success. Together, we’re building and launching 13 fully digitised O3b mPOWER satellites.
Boeing
Our longstanding satellite manufacturing partner whom we’ve collaboratively designed the O3b mPOWER spacecraft.
SpaceX
Our satellite launch partner that will be launching our satellites onboard Falcon 9 rockets.
Ground Infrastructure
Our ground infrastructure partners enable us to offer our customers terminal solutions that fit a variety of applications.
Whether its TT&C gateway partner (Comtech and CPI), modem platform partner (Gilat) or customer terminal partners (Intellian, ALL.SPACE, Orbit, Viasat, AVL, Getsat,), we are co-developing a diverse and simplified line-up that brings a new wave of standardisation and interoperability across the ground segment and ultimately benefit our customers in the enterprise, government and mobility industries.
SES has partnered with teleport providers in different regions to host as many as eight O3b mPOWER ground stations across the world (some co-located with Microsoft’s Azure data centres). Depending on our customers’ needs, more gateways can also be built.
Software
Together with partners such as Amdocs, Amartus and Amphinicy Technologies, we developed a cutting-edge software that spans across O3b mPOWER’s infrastructure to unlock the system’s full potential and brings new levels of flexibility, automation and frequency allocation depending on our customer’s needs.
Hear from our partners
ALL.SPACE
Formerly known as Isotropic Systems.
Gilat
Pivotel
Thanks to its unprecedented flexibility and superior performance, O3b mPOWER is able to address the high-throughput and high-end connectivity demand from mobile network operators, cruises, naval vessels, governments, energy industry, enterprises worldwide to deliver connectivity to underserved places and bridge the digital divide.
Cruise
Deliver exceptional broadband experience to cruise passengers.
Telecommunications
Enable deployment of 4G, 5G mobile networks and high-speed broadband services in remote areas.
Energy
Empower digital transformation by supporting new bandwidth-hungry cloud-based applications.
Government
Enable defence and humanitarian operations to be carried out securely.
Cloud
Boost operational agility and improve productivity with cloud-optimised network.
Hear from our customers
Vodafone Cook Islands
Interview with Carnival
Interview with Orange
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Building on the success of our O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites, our next-gen communications system – O3b mPOWER is operational and we’re deploying services to our customers worldwide. With every milestone, we're reimagining how we connect the world!
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