SpaceX launches 3 satellites for SES
September 14, 2026



A Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched three satellites for SES on September 13th. The three are the final trio of O3b/mPOWER craft which completes the initial fleet of 13 satellites, however SES has other similar Medium Earth Orbit satellites on order as part of its commitment to the European Union’s IRIS2 project.

The SpaceX Falcon flight was the 700th successful mission for the Falcon family of rockets. The rocket’s booster (B1080) landed on the ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ barge waiting on the Atlantic Ocean.


The launch (at 2.49pm on Sunday afternoon, local Florida time) took O3b satellites 11, 12 and 13. SES said: “Once operational, the three satellites will strengthen SES’s MEO network capabilities, adding capacity, resiliency and flexibility for customers who rely on high-performance connectivity across enterprise, government, telecom, mobility and other critical markets.”

“This launch marks a defining milestone for SES as we complete the O3b mPOWER constellation and further strengthen our MEO capabilities,” said Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES. “More importantly, it reinforces our ability to deliver resilient, secure and scalable connectivity for customers around the world, helping governments, enterprises, cloud providers and mobility customers meet their most critical needs. As customer demands continue to evolve, SES is focused on building smarter, more integrated solutions that bring together the strengths of multiple technologies and orbits to deliver seamless connectivity worldwide.”

Once operational (by mid-2027) the newly launched O3b mPOWER satellites will support:

· Expanded high-performance connectivity capacity for enterprise, government, mobility and telecom customers operating in underserved, remote, and demanding environments.

· Additional resiliency and flexibility across the O3b mPOWER system.

· Continued progress toward SES’s next-generation MEO network strategy that sets the foundation for the next generation of sovereign, secure communications, space data relay and hosted payloads.