SES-14 REDEFINING BROADCASTING AND CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE AMERICAS Positioned at 47.5 degrees West, SES-14 will fulfil two primary missions: its In Q1 2018, SES will launch its C-band wide beams are specifically designed for SES’s expanding cable hybrid satellite SES-14, neighbourhood in Latin America, while its Ku-band HTS spot beams will provide which comprises a mix of wide expansion capacity to serve the dynamic aeronautical and maritime market beams and high throughput and other traffic-intensive applications such as cellular backhaul or broadband delivery services. SES-14’s Ku-band wide beams will augment SES’s ability to (HTS) spot beams to cover the serve direct-to-home customers and provide connectivity in the Americas and entire Latin America region, the the North Atlantic. The satellite will provide replacement and expansion capacity Caribbean, North America and the for NSS-806. North Atlantic region. SES-14 will feature a Digital Transparent Processor that will enable more flexibility to route the spot beams and offer customised connectivity solutions that best fit customers’ needs. SES-14 Beams Coverage Services Features • C-band wide beams • Latin America • DTH and cable broadcasting • All-electric satellite • Ku-band HTS spot • The Caribbean • Aeronautical and maritime • Digital Transparent beams • North America connectivity, broadband Processor internet for enterprises, 3G • Ku-band wide beams • North Atlantic • Weight: 4.2 tons and 4G networks • Mediterranean • Payload power: 12 kW • NASA-funded payload, • Western Europe GOLD (Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk) C-BAND WIDE BEAMS Boosting digital cable and IPTV growth in Latin America The C-band payload on SES-14 is SES-14’s ideal coverage over the will also help TV operators transition dedicated to the expansion of SES’s region will help local cable operators to HD and Ultra HD to deliver an cable neighbourhood at 47.5 West, a gain more viewers and seize growth immersive viewing experience. growing video distribution platform opportunities, as the number of cable in Latin America designed to help and IPTV subscribers is expected In addition to the C-band hemi broadcasters grow their channel to increase by 21% in the next five beams, global managed connectivity offerings, increase country-specific years2. The satellite will also enable services can be delivered via the new customised feeds, and deliver high cross-regional customers based global C-band beams, enabling any definition (HD) channels. Carrying in North America or in Europe maritime vessel to provide broadband premium channels such as Record, to extend their reach into Latin connectivity for internet access, Viacom and Eurovision, it serves America. In addition, as 80% of all voice, monitoring and tracking over 20 million TV homes with 98% TV households in the region is capabilities anywhere in the footprint cable penetration1. expected to have a HD flat screen so vessels, passengers and crew are (HD, FHD or UHD) by 20193, SES-14 always connected. HTS KU-BAND SPOT BEAMS Tailored for inflight connectivity, ideal for all data-hungry applications The HTS Ku-band payload will serve all the data-hungry applications, such as aeronautical and maritime connectivity, broadband internet for enterprises, 3G and 4G networks. The spot beams of SES-14 are designed to fulfil the exploding demand for inflight connectivity: the number of commercial aircraft connected via satellite is expected to grow from 2,000 in 2016 to 6,500 by 20264 in the Americas, 1 Lyngsat, SES Antenna programme 2017 2 Dataxis 2017 3 HIS, 2017 4 Euroconsult 2017 and capacity usage over the North Americas to cater to the increasing 5.5 GB per user in 2021, nearly a six Atlantic region should grow from number of connected ships, which fold increase from 20168. It will also 1.4 Gbps in 2016 to over 41 Gbps by should nearly double to 207,000 by deliver broadband connectivity to 20265. Three leading global inflight 2026 from 20166. enterprise and government networks. connectivity and entertainment providers, Global Eagle, Gogo and The same coverage will also help The HTS Ku-band payload of SES-14 Panasonic, will rely on SES-14 to telco operators in Latin America is designed to complement the HTS connect airplanes on the busiest aero deliver mobile broadband services, Ku-band payloads of SES-15 and routes. expected to grow to 79% penetration SES-12 to provide comprehensive In addition, the HTS coverage will be by 2020 from 62% in 20167. Data HTS Ku-band coverage. ideal for maritime customers in the usage is expected to increase to KU-BAND WIDE BEAMS Supporting direct-to-home (DTH) customers SATELLITE and delivering connectivity MANUFACTURER AND LAUNCHER The Ku-band wide beams will bring Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and incremental Ku-band capacity to help Colombia. In addition, the coverage broadcasters and data customers over the Atlantic Ocean will enable SES-14 was built by Airbus grow their businesses, with a specific SES to serve ships and planes. Defence and Space and is beam over Brazil and another over designed to operate for 15 years in geostationary orbit. Relying exclusively on electric GOLD HOSTED PAYLOAD propulsion for orbit raising, NASA’s first mission to study the daily weather SES-14 is the first high-power satellite in the 4-tons class, changes of the thermosphere-ionosphere taking advantage of the mass saving to combine two high- A NASA-funded payload, GOLD capacity missions into one (Global-Scale Observations of the single satellite. Limb and Disk) is also onboard the spacecraft. The GOLD mission aims to This is the 12th Eurostar revolutionise scientists’ understanding satellite and the second of the nearest reaches of space. It all-electric satellite ordered fills a critical gap in knowledge of the by SES to Airbus. It will have Sun-Earth connections by observing a take-off weight of 4.2 tons a dynamic area in Earth’s upper and an electric power of 12kW atmosphere that responds both to for the payload. space weather above, and the lower atmosphere below. GOLD will provide SES-14 will be launched on unprecedented imaging of the Earth’s Ariane 5, from Guiana Space upper atmosphere from geostationary Center in Kourou. orbit. It will be NASA’s first mission to study the daily weather changes of the thermosphere-ionosphere. 5 Euroconsult 2017 6 NSR 2017 7 GSMA 2017 8 Cisco VNI 2017.