Press release

Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites to Start
Delivering Connectivity Services
With these satellites, SES is enhancing the O3b mPOWER network to serve customers across
multiple market segments


Luxembourg, 3 June 2025 – SES announced today that the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites
launched in December 2024 is now ready to offer services across the globe.

Featuring redesigned payload power modules, the seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites
are bolstering the capabilities of SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system,
supporting the delivery of high throughput and predictable low latency services at scale. To date,
SES has launched eight out of 13 O3b mPOWER high-throughput and low-latency satellites. The
next O3b mPOWER launch is scheduled for summer 2025.

SES has also expanded its strategically located satellite ground stations, and now has 12
operational O3b mPOWER gateways located in South Africa, Peru, Brazil, Portugal, Australia,
Greece, the U.S., Chile, the United Arab Emirates and Senegal. Five out of these are co-located
and operated by Microsoft’s Azure data centres.

“Our O3b mPOWER services are in high demand and we were eagerly awaiting the additional
satellites to strengthen our MEO network,” said Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES. “As we continue to
deploy additional O3b mPOWER satellites, we are bringing substantially more capacity and
improved network efficiency, resulting in a threefold increase in available capacity by 2027 to
better serve our mobility, government, enterprise and cloud customers.”

SES started offering O3b mPOWER services worldwide since April 2024 and has been delivering
high-performance network services to customer sites across Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East
and the Americas in multiple market segments. The system’s exceptional flexibility means it can
provide services ranging from tens of Mbps to multiple gigabits per second of capacity to any site.

For further information please contact:

Suzanne Ong
Communications
Tel. +352 710 725 500
suzanne.ong@ses.com


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About SES

SES has a bold vision to deliver amazing experiences everywhere on Earth by distributing the highest
quality video content and providing seamless data connectivity services around the world. As a provider of
global content and connectivity solutions, SES owns and operates a geosynchronous orbit fleet and
medium earth orbit (GEO-MEO) constellation of satellites, offering a combination of global coverage and
high performance services. By using its intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES delivers high-quality
connectivity solutions anywhere on land, at sea or in the air, and is a trusted partner to telecommunications
companies, mobile network operators, governments, connectivity and cloud service providers,
broadcasters, video platform operators and content owners around the world. The company is
headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG).
Further information is available at: www.ses.com.