SES has ordered its new SES-15 satellite to provide
growth capacity in North America and capture business
potential in vibrant market segments.
The new satellite is to be built by Boeing, due to be
launched in Q2 2017 and will open up a new orbital location to
serve North America.
SES-15 will carry a hybrid payload, with additional Ku-band
wide beams and Ku- as well as Ka-band High Throughput Satellite
(HTS) capability. The satellite will be equipped with an
electric propulsion system for orbit raising and in-orbit
manoeuvres.
Alongside the newly procured SES-14 satellite (see today's
announcement), SES-15 will solidify SES’s positioning in the
aeronautical mobility and government markets, providing fresh
capacity and coverage over major airline routes across the
continent. SES-15 will enable SES to serve its leading
aeronautical customers and serve other traffic intensive data
applications such as government, VSAT networks and maritime.
This procurement is incorporated in SES’s current capital
expenditure guidance.
Martin Halliwell, Chief Technology Officer, SES, commented:
“The procurement of SES-15 shows our strong confidence in this
dynamic market. It will give us new growth momentum and
strengthen our position in the important North American
government and mobility markets. The innovative electric
propulsion system significantly improves the efficiency of the
satellite. The hybrid payload with wide beams and high
throughput capacity gives aeronautical, maritime and
governmental customers unprecedented power and flexibility to
develop very attractive next generation data services.”
“We designed the 702SP satellite to meet our customer’s
mission requirements as efficiently as possible by reducing the
spacecraft mass to take advantage of low cost launch vehicles
while maximizing the revenue-generating capability of the
payload,” said Mark Spiwak, President Boeing Satellite Systems
International, Inc.
