SES has announced that its O3b mPOWER satellite connectivity service supported the French Navy’s aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, during the Clemenceau 25 mission. This high-throughput, low-latency Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) connectivity solution facilitated all operations of the aircraft carrier and enabled collaboration with mission partners.

Over a five-month deployment, the French Carrier Strike Group covered 40,000 nautical miles and conducted exercises with approximately twenty allied nations. SES’s connectivity ensured optimal performance and uninterrupted availability for the aircraft carrier’s mission-critical applications.

The Managed Naval mPOWERED service provided several hundred megabits per second of guaranteed throughput, delivering continuous connectivity throughout the mission. This performance was supported by SES’s O3b mPOWER gateways in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific along the entire route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.

Philippe Glaesener, Senior Vice President of Global Government at SES, emphasized the importance of secure, resilient low-latency satellite connectivity for aircraft carriers like the Charles de Gaulle, stating that such vessels require constant connectivity to support diverse data needs, including surveillance, intelligence, navigation, and access to cloud applications.

The O3b mPOWER system, built on an initial constellation of 13 high-throughput satellites orbiting 8,000 km above Earth, enables mission-critical operations through high throughput, predictable low latency, and exceptional availability, all backed by robust service-level agreements.