CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Satellite fleet operator SES's $2 billion investment in Ka-band broadband satellites began with the October 2021 launch of the large geostationary-orbit SES-17 satellite over the Americas and is now on track for initial service of the medium-Earth-orbit O3b mPower constellation in the second half of 2023.
The first two Boeing-built mPower satellites were launched Dec. 16 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Two more pairs are scheduled for launch in January and February . . .
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