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This is a list of satellites operated by SES.
Orbital data for the
geostationary A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit''Geostationary orbit'' and ''Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit'' are used somewhat interchangeably in sources. (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit in altitud ...
satellites can be accesse
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AMC fleet

The AMC fleet was originally operated by
GE Americom SES Americom was a major commercial communications satellite, satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States. The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 ...
, acquired by SES Global in 2001. Americom was also operating the older Satcom fleet, whose last operating spacecraft were fully retired in the early 2000s.


Astra fleet


NSS fleet

This fleet came from the acquisition of New Skies Satellites in 2005, which itself had inherited 5 satellites from
Intelsat Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, United States. Originally formed ...
in 1998.


SES fleet


O3b fleet

The
O3b O3b is a satellite constellation in Medium Earth orbit (MEO) owned and operated by SES, and designed to provide lower-latency broadband connectivity to remote locations for mobile network operators and internet service providers, maritime, av ...
fleet was initially owned and operated by O3b Networks, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of SES in 2016 Orbiting in
Medium Earth orbit A medium Earth orbit (MEO) is an geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit with an altitude above a low Earth orbit (LEO) and below a high Earth orbit (HEO) – between above sea level.
(MEO), the first generation satellites are sometimes referred to as "O3b MEO" to more clearly distinguish them from the second generation
O3b mPOWER O3b mPOWER is a communications satellite system owned and operated by SES. The system uses high-throughput and low- latency satellites in a medium Earth orbit (MEO), along with ground infrastructure and intelligent software, to provide multip ...
constellation - first launched in 2016, and commenced service in 2024. ''SpaceX launches first pair of O3b mPower satellites''
SpaceNews. 16 December 2022. Accessed 27 December 2022


Third-party satellites

SES also manages some transponders on a few third-party satellites under joint operating agreements.


See also

* SES *
SES Americom SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States. The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 and then later acquired ...
*
SES Astra SES Astra SA was a corporate subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that maintained and operated the Astra series of geostationary communication satellites between 2001 and 2011. Formed in 1985 as Société Européenne ...
* SES Sirius * List of broadcast satellites


References

{{SES World Skies *