meoSphere
meoSphere: SES’s Next-Generation Multi-Mission MEO Network
A Flexible Architecture Built for What’s Next
The next era of SES’s Medium Earth Orbit capabilities is taking shape with meoSphere - a flexible, multi-mission satellite network designed to adapt, scale, and evolve with the needs of government and commercial customers around the world.
Engineered for Advanced, Multi-Domain Missions
Built to go far beyond traditional communications, the meoSphere architecture is being engineered to support a diverse mix of missions through a variety of hosted payloads and advanced in-orbit technologies. Developed in an iterative, agile way, its design will enable SES to expand into emerging applications such as in-space data relay, edge processing in space, and resilient connectivity for critical operations across air, sea, land and space.
Accelerated by a NewSpace Innovation Ecosystem
To accelerate development, SES is partnering with an ecosystem of innovative “new space” companies, from next-generation launch providers and satellite manufacturers to software and hardware suppliers. These partnerships help us to bring new capabilities online faster while cultivating a more agile, future-proof MEO infrastructure.
Carmel Ortiz SVP of MEO ProgramsmeoSphere is being designed as a multi-mission network that adapts to customer needs, from real-time aircraft connectivity and dependable maritime communications, to high-resilience backhaul for remote enterprises, meoSphere will introduce new possibilities with custom hosted payloads, optical space-to-space data relay, space situational awareness, and multi-layered sovereign networking.
What meoSphere Will Deliver
A Flexible, Multi-Mission Platform
Supports broadband connectivity on a standalone basis or as part of a multi-orbit managed solution.
Opens new markets through hosted payloads, optical free-space communications and sovereign networking capabilities.
Low latency and high-performance standards-based connectivity
Offers low latency and reliable, resilient, secure connectivity globally including on both poles.
5G-NTN based core system allows meoSphere connectivity to be added as a seamless extension of terrestrial networks and as part of a 5G-NTN mult-orbit solution.
Matched with a new portfolio of next generation electronically steerable antennas, meoSphere services are designed to support ultra-high bandwidth performance for target use cases.
Optical Links in Space for Rapid Data Movement
Satellites communicate directly with one another to enable data to be relayed in space enhanced resiliency, reliability, and security for Sovereign Networking and other high availability, high security use cases.
Support for high-speed real-time or near real-time data relay between missions in space and ground stations for applications like Earth observation, Space Situational Awareness, space-based data centers, space stations and to complement Direct to Device LEO constellations.
Hosted Payloads
Leveraging the larger spacecraft design of meoSphere satellites, mission-specific payloads can be hosted on one or more satellites for government and commercial customers.
Payloads to be hosted can include applications such as earth observation, space situational awareness, GPS alternative or augmentation and satellite UHF.
On-Orbit Compute and Storage
Future satellites will be able to process and store data in space.
Enables AI-driven analytics, faster insights, and reduced dependency on ground infrastructure.
A Next-Generation Ecosystem
Built in partnership with leading “new space” innovators with development of key elements managed by SES
Accelerates development and helps manage costs and delivery schedules while expanding SES’s technology and mission portfolio.
Built for a New Era of Space Solutions
Together, these capabilities position meoSphere to deliver scalable, managed services for a wide variety of use cases both high-quality connectivity and beyond - delivering new opportunities for customers in the evolving social and geo-political environment on earth as well as a rapidly evolving space economy.
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