Boeing delivers next-generation O3b mPOWER satellites to SES

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully delivered the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to content and network services provider SES, advancing the company’s ambition to provide global connectivity from space.

The satellites, which feature Boeing‘s fully software-defined payload technology that allows performance to be actively adjusted to meet user needs, are en route to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a planned launch this summer.

“The O3b mPOWER spacecraft are the most powerful and flexible commercial satellites ever to fly in space,” said Michelle Parker, vice president of space missions at Boeing. “Many of us have tried to connect from an airplane or a cruise ship and found the connection unreliable. Our software-defined payload technology enables SES to deliver high-speed, reliable connectivity that adapts in real time to user needs. It’s a game-changer, and the first eight satellites are already showing users how incredible this technology is.”

The O3b mPOWER system, the second generation of SES’s constellation operating in medium Earth orbit (MEO, approximately 8,000 km from Earth‘s surface), is designed to transform industries with terabit capacity, low latency, and unmatched service availability. These two spacecraft will augment the initial eight satellites already in orbit, strengthening SES’s ability to provide high-speed, reliable connectivity to its users.

Cooperation with SES

Boeing teams are working closely with SES to prepare the 9th and 10th satellites for launch this summer, while Boeing team members continue to support the production of three additional O3b mPOWER satellites to meet SES’s launch schedules.

“We are very pleased with how well our first-in-space technology is performing as we continue to iterate and develop it for other customers and missions,” said Parker.

The underlying payload technology deployed onboard O3b mPOWER is also being hardened for military use aboard the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11 and WGS-12 satellites that Boeing is building for the United States Space Force. Boeing’s proven software-defined technology enables more secure and reliable connectivity, even in contested environments.

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