SES has announced the successful launch of its ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites, further strengthening its second-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation. The satellites were launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:12 PM local time.
These two newly deployed satellites will enhance SES’s global service coverage and add incremental bandwidth to support growing customer demand across mobility, government, enterprise, and cloud markets. They join the existing eight operational O3b mPOWER satellites, offering scalable, high-performance connectivity ranging from tens of Mbps to multi-gigabit throughput — anywhere on Earth.
Since becoming operational in 2024, the O3b mPOWER system has played a pivotal role in delivering low-latency, high-throughput connectivity to a wide range of critical clients, including telecom operators, cruise lines, airlines, and government institutions such as NATO, the Government of the United States, and the Government of Luxembourg.
“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.”
The final three O3b mPOWER satellites are currently under production and are slated for launch in 2026. Once the full constellation is deployed by 2027, SES expects to triple the system’s overall capacity, significantly expanding its global connectivity footprint.
