Satellite
operator SES and Global Eagle Entertainment, a worldwide leading provider of content, connectivity
and digital media solutions to airlines, announced Monday they have
signed important capacity deals for services on three SES satellites.
These agreements are part of a strategic partnership to deliver
in-flight connectivity and services to airline passengers around the
world.
Under
the latest agreements, GEE will utilize Ku-band wide beam and High
Throughput Satellite (HTS) spot beam capacity aboard the SES-12,
SES-14 and SES-15 satellites. The three spacecraft, currently under
construction, are scheduled for launch in 2017.
SES-14
and SES-15 offer a complementary coverage over busy air travel routes
across the Americas and North Atlantic regions, the Caribbean and the
Gulf of Mexico, while SES-12 will serve the burgeoning aeronautical
market across Asia and the Middle East. As GEE expands its services
to new airlines and regions, it can quickly and seamlessly leverage
capacity across the global SES fleet of more than 50 satellites.
“Our
collaborative work with GEE is aimed at enabling this in-flight
connectivity solutions leader to go anywhere it wants to grow and
innovate to meet the needs of airlines and the connectivity demands
for passengers on the move,” said Ferdinand Kayser, chief commercial officer of SES.
About
SES-12, SES-14, and SES-15
SES-14
is a high-powered hybrid satellite with C- and Ku-band wide beam
coverage and both Ku- and Ka-band HTS coverage across the Americas
and North Atlantic region. SES-15 will provide complementary coverage
over North America, enabling SES to serve its leading aeronautical
customers and serve other traffic intensive data applications such as
government, VSAT networks and maritime. SES-12 will expand SES’s
capabilities to provide Mobility and HTS data connectivity services
in the Asia-Pacific region, along with direct-to-home broadcasting
and VSAT.
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