SES CHARTS RISING GOVERNMENT NEEDS Global End-To-End Solutions Connect Governments and Institutions

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SES White Paper November 2016 SES CHARTS RISING GOVERNMENT NEEDS Global end-to-end solutions connect governments and institutions.

Government and institutional demand SES is pioneering innovative services protocols into products and services. for connectivity is climbing. Surveillance and solutions that redefine the High-quality demonstrates SES’s technology based on remotely piloted possibilities, and enable connectivity dedication to only providing services aircraft, and operational networks, are that exceeds expectations. The and solutions that customers can using escalating amounts of bandwidth SES approach is defined by six depend on. Cost-effective describes and causing an exponential growth characteristics that outline the variety the principle of creating solutions that in connectivity demand. In tandem, of ways SES serves governments are accessible for governments around personnel in remote areas now expect and institutions. Reliable describes the world. And finally, customised to connect the same way they do at the assurance SES gives to provide speaks to the capability of SES to fulfil home, feeding bandwidth demand continuous connectivity. Innovative the most specific requirements. These further. Overall, the expectations showcases the ground-breaking six characteristics epitomise the way and challenges governments face technologies that are changing the SES provides solutions that are future- are fuelling a boom in satellite way that governments can operate. proof, flexible, scalable, and stable. communications and opening new Secure defines a commitment avenues for customised services. to integrating advanced security New government technology directs market tailwinds

MARKET TRENDS

Governments and institutions 1. increasingly rely on connectivity to The first trend is the exponential and saving costs. Yet, RPAS have face their complex challenges. As growth in RPAS based ISR for both demanding connectivity requirements. commercial satellite communications civil and military uses, which acts As an example, the Predator RPAS (COMSATCOM) provides the as a particularly good indicator of requires 3-5 Megabits per second versatility they need, the international the direction of the international (Mbps), the Reaper RPAS 5-10 Mbps, market demand is accelerating. government market. In 2010 69% of and the Global Hawk RPAS 10-50 Globally the market for government the global demand for RPAS came Mbps. The next generation of RPAS and military fixed satellite service from the US government, while only 5 are expected to demand over 100 (FSS) capacity is expected to reach years later in 2015 the US accounted Mbps. As demand for these systems 615 transponder equivalents (TPEs) by for 49% of the global demand2. This increases, so will the demand for the 2024, compared to 470 TPE in 20141. shift was not necessarily caused by communications infrastructure that For High Throughput Satellite (HTS) the US government spending less supports them, satellite. capacity, this growth is expected to be on RPAS, instead it demonstrated even larger, surging from 1.97 Gbps in an increased appetite for the use of 2014 to an expected 82.3 Gigabits per RPAS internationally. In fact, even second (Gbps) in 2024. while experiencing constrained fiscal realities, the US Government increased In focus, four trends outline this their use of ISR systems as they dynamic market - Intelligence, decreased their physical presence in Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) regions around the world. By deploying technology using Remotely Piloted RPAS based ISR, governments can Aircraft Systems (RPAS), network maintain an ISR capability without connectivity, personnel welfare, and having to keep a team on the ground customised services. locally, decreasing risk to personnel

1 NSR, Report on Government and Military Satellite Communications, 12th Edition 2 Teal Group, 2016 World Civil Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Profile & Forecast

2 2. The second trend driving growth is Why hosted payloads are a clear choice connecting and networking personnel for operational purposes, whether for military missions, peace-keeping, DEDICATED HOSTED or civilian applications. As managed SPACECRAFT PAYLOAD network access becomes critical for governments to deliver applications and services to their populations, Cost per connectivity is even more important. launch To ensure their needs are met, governments recognise the value of a resilient communications infrastructure Frequency that operates regardless of the of launches location or situation. As terrestrial communications are not immune to disruption from natural disasters Added or conflict, COMSATCOM also expertise provides the vital link where existing military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) capabilities are overstretched or lack coverage. location. COMSATCOM is the and cost-efficiency offered by hosted ideal infrastructure to support this payloads ensures that a government 3. requirement. As this welfare factor can contract many relevant services A third trend regarding COMSATCOM becomes more important, the that a satellite is required for on a demand is related to welfare use COMSATCOM service to government shorter timeline than building their by the military. Military personnel entities is expected to increase. own. Hosted payloads are well suited serving overseas, like their civilian for earth observation missions, hosting counterparts, have become 4. of sensors, proof of technology accustomed to constant connectivity. A final trend is the growing demand missions, or even dedicated Their desire to connect with loved for customised services. Governments frequencies and/or reflectors. A hosted ones back home or enjoy the same are identifying new and efficient payload can also be attractive for leisure activities does not disappear uses of satellite solutions, causing an governments that do not yet have a once they are posted to a remote increase in demand from this sector. spacecraft in orbit and want to take location. This requires connectivity Commercially hosted payloads are a their place in the international space that can deliver regardless of good example of this. The flexibility community.

Within these four trends there is one common defining aspect of the government market, the procurement The uses of ISR process. Each government has a specific process in place in order to ensure that any purchase it makes delivers to its needs exactly. As governments feel the constant duty to live up to the public trust, they must be completely circumspect and pragmatic in their approach. Each procedure is different, but a common trait is a multistage process that takes Military Emergency place over the course of months or Applications Response years. SES has the unique institutional knowledge combined with an industry- leading financial stability to support any government or institutional need.

Border Surveillance

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* Non-HTS GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS

THE SES APPROACH

SES is at the epicentre of a suite of to Earth. And finally GovSat, companies that take a global approach as a public-private partnership for product development and between SES and the Luxembourg customer service, forming a powerful Government, offers assured and highly collection of capacity, services, and secure X-band and military Ka-band solutions for the government and services to support government and institutional sector. institutional operations defence and security projects, ISR and institutional SES Techcom Services creates civil emergency response. solutions as well as designs and deploys services, working closely with In a sector where each situation governments as an SES commercial requires different methods and agent in Europe. In the United technology, SES tailors its offering to States SES Government Solutions provide the crucial support needed for (SES GS) exists with the mission to the important projects of governments serve the US Government’s needs and institutions, both regionally and particularly. In orbit SES’s fleet in internationally. Six characteristics Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) is define the unique capabilities that SES complimented by O3b Networks, brings to the sector. SES services and which provides global managed solutions are - Reliable, Innovative, services that are enabled by a Secure, High-quality, Cost-effective, completely unique constellation of and Customised. satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) Enabling critical and tactical delivering fibre equivalent connectivity communications

4 RELIABLE

In an industry where constant NATO Global Hawk vehicles over Embassies need to be connected to communications is crucial, SES the AGS operational area. Also, SES the national network, offices in remote provides reliable service, going Techcom Services provided satellite regions need to access to the same beyond the capacity of its fleet. The engineering support in the design services urban institutions have, SES fleet boasts a record level of and development of the NATO AGS and local civil service personnel and technical availability for a satellite implementation phase, and is building residents expect broadband service fleet at 99.999992%. With this kind of satellite ground stations. regardless of their location. SES reliability, governments can depend supports these needs by providing on SES satellites to supply all kinds In the United States, SES GS has reliable connectivity anywhere of crucial operations, including ISR maximised the potential of SES’s in the world. In Canada, SES was applications and network connectivity. global fleet by providing the US contracted by the Kativik Regional Government with the capacity Government to do just that. Now RPAS based ISR is a large part of needed for their ISR systems. SES SES is delivering critical C-band COMSATCOM government service satellites currently support missions communications capability to more as the aircraft are connected to on a number of different platforms, than 14 communities, increasing the their remote pilot with satellite including Predators, Reapers, and Gray amount of bandwidth available across communications. In this area, Eagles. SES’s global fleet provides SES the Nunavik region. While the service SES will support NATO’s Alliance GS with the depth and operational is feeding the need for reliable and Ground Surveillance (AGS) project flexibility necessary to adapt to the faster internet across the region, it is by delivering satellite capacity in quickly evolving requirements of the also enabling important connectivity commercial Ku-band for an US Government. for schools, hospitals, government end-to-end service provided by buildings and other critical facilities. GovSat. This service will support the Providing access to everyday network command and control, and sensor services is also becoming more critical data communications required by for government missions as well.

RPAS based ISR depends on reliable connectivity

SES White Paper | SES Charts Rising Government Needs | 5 INNOVATIVE

As technology for data gathering O3b satellites resist interference and that they use back home, while they and communications develops, allow customers to position coverage are in a theatre of operations. Since governments require increasing where they need it most. Along with the Navy test two bodies of the US amounts of bandwidth for their low-latency O3b delivers up to 2 Gbps Government recently contracted applications. RPAS based ISR of connectivity, allowing command O3b capacity through SES GS. The continues to generate increasing operations to work with full motion HD National Oceanic and Atmospheric amounts of data, as do command video for their surveillance operations. Administration (NOAA) was the first applications, and personnel welfare Antennas are being developed today US Government agency to sign an requirements, among others. SES that will allow for O3b connectivity agreement with SES GS, and more is serving these needs in ground- directly on a RPAS, which will recently a US Department of Defence breaking ways by launching HTS in completely change ISR with real-time end-user has contracted O3b capacity, GEO, expanding O3b’s constellation delivery of remote sensing data and again through SES GS, for a high providing fibre equivalent connectivity full motion video. performance network. from MEO, and innovating with secure frequency on GovSat-1. These services The US Navy’s 7th fleet first tested SES differentiates itself thanks to are game changers for governments O3b’s fibre equivalent connectivity the endless possibilities that O3b’s as they will allow them meet the during a Limited Objective Experiment MEO constellation and SES’s future challenges of running security, in the course of Trident Warrior 2015. GEO HTS fleet offer. Like O3b, GEO defence and civil operations today. During this test O3b demonstrated HTS will be a completely managed its ability to realise Network Centric service, giving customers the flexibility O3b’s globally managed MEO satellite Warfare capabilities, which create a to contract the specific amount of enabled networks offer great promise military advantage based on providing capacity they will use. This makes for government connectivity. With more usable information directly to operating cost-intensive applications an ultra-low satellite latency of less operations in theatre. In tandem with such as RPAS more cost-effective and than 150 milliseconds round-trip, operational connectivity, O3b provided enables more governments to take governments can operate the data- the connectivity for 4G/LTE, WiFi, HD advantage of their benefits. Upgrading hungry interactive cloud applications video streaming and telemedicine. ground systems will allow the full they need in rugged terrain, disaster This is game-changing for troop potential of both SES’s GEO HTS and affected sites or at the edge of the welfare as it allows for personnel to O3b’s MEO satellites to be realised. battlefield. The steerable beams of the access the same quality of services

O3b fibre equivalent connectivity is changing personnel welfare

6 SES can deliver to a complete ISR catalogue

Optionally

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SECURE

Security of any communications solutions and networks that are exclusively reserved for governmental system is the top concern of any fully customisable and meet the use and ideal for establishing secure government or institution operating highest standards of security. In and robust satellite communication sensitive projects, and satellite systems orbit the steerable beams of O3b’s links, while military Ka-band is similarly offer the assurance that is needed. MEO satellites make concerns about reserved and ideal for high-throughput Located thousands of kilometres interference from the ground almost or mobility applications. GovSat above the Earth’s surface, satellites negligible, as the moving beam would provides accredited teleport and are shielded from terrestrial disasters need to be found and then disrupted hosting facilities, emission security such as hurricanes and earthquakes, from inside the spot beam’s coverage. including tempest capabilities, power disruptions, cable damage, civil HTS satellites will operate similarly, transmission security such as disturbances, or terrorist attacks. This allowing frequency to be reallocated anti–jamming capabilities, secured makes them ideal for government and reused, which will provide equal waveforms, and crypto security, as operations, and COMSATCOM plays resistance to jamming attempts. Finally well as completely secure mission an important role in this critical GovSat-1, a highly secure multi-mission operations consisting of security infrastructure, allowing governments satellite, will use dedicated military cleared staff and best practice security to diversify their communications frequencies (X-band and military management. GovSat-1’s potential planning. As an example, SES GS Ka-band) to deliver high-power and institutional uses include supporting enables the US Army’s TROJAN fully steerable beams for multiple civil-military inter-agency collaboration, Network that provides access to a government-specific missions. strategic and tactical networks, global, end-to-end network, complete emergency response, disaster recovery, with multi-band service tailored to GovSat was created in order to address border surveillance, peace keeping, meet specific US Army Intelligence the demand resulting from defence and connecting remote government and Security Command (INSCOM) and civilian security applications. As a offices. Its possible military uses include requirements. public-private partnership between SES services for global deployed tactical and the Luxembourg Government, the and strategic operations (mission to The innovation coming from SES GovSat team has a proven track record HQ communications), communications further enhances the security of thanks to combining Luxembourg on the move, communications on the satellite communications. Starting and its benefits as a stable European pause, maritime operations, and aero on Earth, SES Techcom Services Government and NATO member, with operations (ISR). has the long-term experience to SES, a leader in satellite operations. deploy innovative end-to-end ground X-band is a military frequency band

SES White Paper | SES Charts Rising Government Needs | 7 HIGH-QUALITY

Providing high-quality services When a country is looking to procure community of nations who have or solutions is integral to the SES a RPAS from a US company, it must satellites in orbit can be a milestone approach, which is why it provides follow a strict procedure from the moment for a country, but can also consultancy and training as a key US government for foreign military be fraught with challenges. If a service to assist governments in sales. SES can provide support during government has never procured a achieving their goals. SES can share this initial procurement process by satellite, SES can ensure it receives a years of experience providing top-of- consulting on the procedure and the quality product, and operating such the-line services and solutions that are specification of capabilities. Once the a spacecraft requires its own unique cost-effective and capable of meeting technology has been procured and skill set that SES can provide as part tight timeframes. This includes but is is being implemented, SES can then of a technology transfer. SES assists not limited to ISR projects and satellite assist again by providing consulting governments in these endeavours to procurement. and training services along with the help them achieve both their short- satellite capacity and infrastructure. term and long-term goals. More and more nations are looking to implement RPAS of their own SES also offers to partner with for the first time. For those nations governments that are motivated endeavouring to do this, SES is to procure and launch a satellite of assisting at both ends of the process. their own. Joining the international

COST-EFFECTIVE

The international economic climate operated easily. The SES TPS is a developing a number of cost-effective remains difficult, and therefore portable Aerostat system (helium products that support personnel in governments today are focused on filled balloon) that carries both a such situations. These create a full finding cost-effective solutions that connected surveillance sensor, as suite of end-to-end services that give still meet their needs to the highest well as a communications payload governments the tools needed to face standards. End-to-end solutions that delivers a bubble of connectivity today’s challenges. for satellite communications are in ranging over 40km. The TPS has a many cases more cost-effective, diverse number of possible uses that which is why SES is going up the include border surveillance, crowd value chain to meet this need, control and monitoring, as well as developing complete solutions that rapid communications capability already incorporate connectivity. SES to support first responders in Techcom Services uses a variety of locations where connectivity is not connectivity building blocks to deliver otherwise available. The system is end-to-end solutions that meet quickly deployed in 30 minutes by customer budgets. These include the two trained personnel, and portable design and deployment of ground when towed by a standard truck infrastructure, secure networks, or SUV. A unique aspect of this solutions integration, and operations solution is that governments can of satellite IP platforms. By combining either purchase or lease the product these building blocks created by SES from SES, with ancillary services if Techcom Services, and capacity from needed. This ensures its accessibility both the SES and O3b fleet, SES is for governments around the globe developing cost-effective and ground as surveillance becomes a more breaking products and solutions for important capability everywhere, the government sector. regardless of budget limitations.

SES recently unveiled one such TPS is only one example of the end-to-end offering, the Tactical way that SES is going up the value Persistent Surveillance (TPS) product. chain to ensure that governments TPS responds to the market need for receive the solutions they need. As Cost-effective solutions deliver ISR and cost-effective surveillance technology emergency response and border connectivity to personnel operating in that can be deployed quickly and control become more essential, SES is remote regions

8 CUSTOMISED

Creating customised solutions is a This allows for governments and In the future, it will also support particular strength of SES, the leading institutions to plan a hosted payload in GLONASS and the European Galileo commercial satellite provider for cooperation with SES. The frequency navigation system. SES Techcom also hosted payloads. Hosted payloads that SES launches satellites also offers provides customised services for the offer unique benefits to government a distinct advantage for governments, Galileo system, delivering satellite customers by allowing them to opening up constant opportunities for communications services for the contract a place on a commercial hosted payloads. Galileo Data Dissemination Network satellite and load it with their own (GDDN). The services include the service payload. This arrangement is The first hosted payload SES worked deployment, maintenance and support attractive as it allows governments on was the European Geostationary of a VSAT network (deployed at or institutions to avoid the cost of Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) various remote locations around the building and launching their own project’s EGNOS-GEO 1 payload, world including Antarctica), provision complete satellite. Instead a payload launched in 2012. In 2014 EGNOS-GEO of managed satellite bandwidth, and can be placed on a commercial 2 also made the journey to space on the network monitoring and control on satellite to complete its mission much SES’s ASTRA 5B. SES’s hosting service a 24/7 basis. more cost-effectively. Another added allowed the European Commission benefit is that the project timeline to and the GNSS Authority to access get the payload into orbit is shorter space at a fraction of the cost of with commercial operators. dedicated missions. EGNOS augments the US’s GPS satellite navigation SES is the ideal partner for hosted system, making it possible to be payload projects because of the used for safety critical applications openness it practices during the including flying aircraft and navigating satellite manufacturing process. ships through narrow channels.

SES’s Hosted payloads

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SES White Paper | SES Charts Rising Government Needs | 9 CRUCIAL SUPPORT

SES provides the ground-breaking knowledge necessary for complex solutions and communications government projects. Secondly, as infrastructure that governments the Luxembourg Government is and institutions need. The six one of SES’s major shareholders, characteristics that describe the company benefits from its different elements of the SES positive political and economic approach - Reliability, Innovation, reputation. Luxembourg has made Security, High-quality, Cost- significant contributions to the effectiveness, and Customisation, space industry and is continuing to are tied together by the common make history today. As a NATO principles of flexibility, scalability member and one of the founding and stability. Flexibility in members of the European Union everything is paramount in an Luxembourg has a reputation as an industry where responsiveness is open country that seeks alliances crucial. Ensuring that all offerings and fosters relationships. These are scalable is key to ensure that traits fortify SES in all of its work, governments and institutions are but particularly in the government able to have their needs met. And sector. finally, stability is crucial, and a significant area where SES Together the unique capabilities of differentiates itself. SES detailed above make it distinct in the government and institutional The stability that SES offers as a arena where it is not only government and commercial responding to government needs satellite communications provider is but shaping the future of demand unmatched because of two factors. with services that go beyond First, as the world’s leading satellite capacity, and innovations that operator it has the long-range redefine possibility. outlook, stability, and technological

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