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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Luxembourg - Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)


Control Centre of the European Satellite Company Ltd. in Betzdorf (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg).

Sent by Steve from Luxembourg.

SES S.A. is a Luxembourgish communications satellite operator supplying video and data connectivity worldwide to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and institutions.

SES owns and operate over 70 satellites in two different orbits: geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). These include European Astra TV satellites, the O3b and O3b mPOWER data satellites and others with names including AMC, Ciel, NSS, Quetzsat, YahSat and SES.

In April 2024, SES announced the acquisition of satellite services provider, Intelsat to create a more competitive multi-orbit satellite operator. The acquisition was cleared by the UK Competition and Markets Authority in May 2025, and by the European Commission in June 2025. The merger cleared the final regulatory hurdle when the US Federal Communications Commission granted its approval of the deal in July 2025. The acquisition of Intelsat was completed on 17 July 2025 after receiving the required international regulatory approvals.

Based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, and founded in 1985 as Société Européenne des Satellites, the company was renamed SES Global in 2001 and has been simply "SES" since 2006. The company's stock is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris with the ticker symbol SESG and is a component of the LuxX, CAC Next 20 and Euronext 100 stock market indexes (read more).


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