India, July 25 -- SES's growing satellite internet constellation received a significant boost today as its ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the two spacecraft lifted off at 17:12 local time, marking another milestone in SES's mission to deliver dependable, high-throughput global connectivity from space.

This deployment expands the company's second-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) system, known as O3b mPOWER, which first became operational in 2024. The two new satellites will join eight already in orbit, enhancing the system's capacity and reach. Services currently span enterprise, mobility, government, and cloud sectors, offering bandwidths ...