SES First to Offer O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit offerings on GSA Schedule

May 19, 2014

Global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) will offer O3b services on their General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule as of June 30, 2014, making them the first distribution partner to offer the O3b capability directly to the U.S. Government.

The O3b next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation of satellites offers customers affordable connectivity for up to 1.6 Gbps throughput and fiber-like latency (less than 150 msec). The first four satellites were launched in June 2013. The second four are scheduled for launch in July 2014, with another four scheduled in early 2015.

SES GS provides global fixed and mobile satellite solutions in the geosynchronous (GEO) orbit. By combining this capability with O3b’s MEO offerings, SES GS offers government customers the benefit of having one provider for fixed and mobile GEO satellite service with broad coverage and complementary MEO satellite service with high throughput over O3b coverage areas. This combination will provide connectivity for customers in remote areas where terrestrial fiber infrastructure is not available and low-latency applications are required.