Boeing Selected by SES to Build 702HP Communications Satellite

Boeing

has been selected by SES S.A. to provide a new satellite that will expand direct-to-home broadcasting and other communications services to the fast-growing markets of Northeast Asia, South Asia and Indonesia, as well as maritime communications for vessels in the Indian Ocean. SES-9 – ordered through SES' affiliate company SES Satellite Leasing Ltd. – will be a Ku-band 702 High Power (HP) satellite. Boeing has a 25-year relationship with Luxembourg-based SES. This is the 11th spacecraft that SES has ordered from Boeing and the contract includes an option for another. Financial details are not being disclosed. SES-9 will be built in Boeing's El Segundo Satellite Development Center and is designed to operate for 15 years in geosynchronous orbit with a 12.7-kilowatt payload and 57 high-power Ku-band transponders, equivalent to 81 36-MHz transponders. "We look forward to working again with Boeing on an important addition to our global fleet," said Romain Bausch, president and CEO of SES. "SES-9 will greatly expand our transmission capacity over Asia,