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The Innovation Power of O3b mPOWER

The first system of its kind, O3b mPOWER, built on the commercial
success of SES’s current O3b MEO (Middle Earth Orbit) system,
is able to constantly evolve, adapt and change to address new
customer needs, during its lifetime.

Since its unveiling in 2017, O3b mPOWER has been a strategic
initiative and major undertaking for SES, from its own engineering
and product management to collaboration with a wide range of
hardware, software and services partners.

Leading the charge from a technology perspective is Stewart
Sanders, SES’s Executive Vice President of Technology and O3b
mPOWER programme manager. The launch of the initial O3b
mPOWER constellation only months away, we spoke with Stewart
to better understand the power and potential of the O3b mPOWER
ecosystem.

O3b mPOWER’s real superpower is its
software that is spanning the satellites,
ground stations, modems, antennas and
even through to the cloud. Our vision for
the future of satellite-based connectivity
is that customers are able to simply order
what they need depending on locations,
capacity and other service parameters

Stewart Sanders – and the software-driven orchestration
Executive Vice President of Technology implements the service automatically in
SES real-time.

From your perspective of being at the forefront of O3b mPOWER
development, what makes it so unique and exciting?
What really excites me in O3b mPOWER, is that it was conceived as
a holistic system that encompasses space, ground and software
with unprecedented flexibility to deliver services nearly anywhere
and on-demand. With the constellation’s capacity and flexibility
being the first in the industry, O3b mPOWER opens up entirely new
capabilities and applications for customers in terms of satellite-
based connectivity.

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