At 5:12 p.m. local time, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the most recent pair of O3b mPOWER satellites into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA. These two new satellites expand the coverage of SES’s second-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) system, O3b mPOWER, globally and give more capacity to scale up services.
The O3b mPOWER system has been effectively servicing cloud, mobile, government, and enterprise customers globally since becoming live in 2024. With services ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple gigabits per second of bandwidth, the two satellites launched today will join the eight O3b mPOWER spacecraft already in operation.
The remaining three O3b mPOWER satellites are slated to launch in 2026 and are presently undergoing manufacturing. By 2027, when the full O3b mPOWER constellation is deployed, the extra O3b mPOWER satellites will triple the available capacity.
Leadership Comments
“I’m proud of our SES team and partners for continuously pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space to bring critical connectivity where it matters most. Over the past year, our O3b mPOWER services have been transforming industries and empowering our key customers including telco operators, cruise lines, airlines, NATO, the Government of Luxembourg, the Government of United States and many other allied governments,” said Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES. “With this launch we continue adding incremental capacity to our initial O3b mPOWER constellation, strengthening our MEO network and delivering high throughput and predictable low latency services at scale.”
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