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SES-17 Begins Delivering Satellite Connectivity Services Across Americas

SES announced that its newest also is a first step in the integration of SES’s wherever they are,” said Ruy Pinto, Chief
geostationary Ka-band satellite, SES-17, is multi-orbit network. The spacecraft’s digital Technology Officer at SES. “At SES, we are
now fully operational over the Americas, payload is supported by the Adaptive extremely thankful to our partners at Thales
the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean Resource Control (ARC) software, making it Alenia Space and Arianespace that have
at 67.1 degrees West. The all-electric interoperable with SES’s second-generation shared our vision at each step of SES-17’s
propulsion satellite has reached orbit per O3b mPOWER satellite communications journey to orbit.” SES-17 was successfully
schedule after months of in-orbit raising system in medium Earth orbit (MEO), set launched onboard an Ariane 5 launcher
and successful in-orbit testing. The very to launch in the coming months. “We are operated by Arianespace from Europe’s
high throughput SES-17 satellite built by excited to have the highly-anticipated SES- Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 23
Thales Alenia Space is ready to provide 17 satellite start delivering services, while October 2021 at 11:10 pm local time (02:10
unparalleled connectivity services to redefining and transforming the digital am UTC). SES-17 is the 37th SES satellite
customers across aeronautical, maritime, landscape for many different applications launched by Arianespace and the 30th built
enterprise, and government markets across the Americas and ultimately by Thales Alenia Space, joining the current
whether on land, at sea, or in the skies. SES- bringing high-speed connectivity to people SES satellite network of 70 satellites.
17 anchor partner, Thales InFlyt Experience,
will leverage SES-17 for FlytLive, a next-
generation aviation connectivity solution
enhancing Wi-Fi experiences onboard
commercial aircraft across the Americas
and the Caribbean. Moreover, key enterprise
customers in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia,
Mexico, Canada, including SSi Canada and
COMNET, will now expand the reach and
capability of their broadband networks
to more remote areas. With a fully digital
payload powered by the most powerful
digital transponder processor in orbit, an
unmatched flexibility and nearly 200 user
beams, SES-17 marks not only a significant
development in satellite technology, but

Mexico Taps Axess Satellites for Connectivity Ambition

Mexico tapped into satellite technology In a statement, network infrastructure and Internet para Todos (Internet for
to deliver ubiquitous coverage for its company Axess Networks revealed it was Everyone), to launch an additional 825
citizens, as part of a major scheme to one of two firms chosen by government satellite internet sites to complement
connect those in extremely remote areas. arm CFE Telecommunications (CFE TEIT) the current level of coverage. Axess was
involved in the first phase of the national
plan Internet for Everyone, in which the
company aided by connecting 7.8% of
citizens who live in extremely remote
regions with zero connectivity, by bringing
online 1,650 satellite sites. Axess also
received recognition from the presidency
of the Mexican government for its work
in connecting the remote Marias Islands,
which is being primed as a tourist
destination. The CFE TEIT assigned 54
cellular backhaul sites to Axess in a move
to make data service more affordable.

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