{"id":50410,"date":"2024-10-02T22:57:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ses-orders-next-generation-modems-from-comtech-for-o3b-mpower\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T22:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:57:38","slug":"ses-orders-next-generation-modems-from-comtech-for-o3b-mpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ses-orders-next-generation-modems-from-comtech-for-o3b-mpower\/","title":{"rendered":"SES Orders Next-Generation Modems from Comtech for O3b mPOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>SES Space &amp; Defense<\/b> placed an order with <b>Comtech<\/b> for next-generation modems to operate on the O3b mPOWER constellation. The order announced Tuesday is for the software-defined SLM-5650B and other next-generation modems. Initial quantities under this new contract are expected to be delivered over the next year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SLM-5650B is Comtech\u2019s current Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)-certified modem designed for commercial backhaul and government and military applications. The modem currently supports multiple Department of Defense and NATO waveforms including DVB-S2X, the preferred waveform for SES\u2019 O3b mPOWER constellation. It also has the ability to add more waveforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe choose customer mission success first. Comtech\u2019s SLM modem series includes features that are unique and critical to our customers\u2019 missions,\u201d said David Fields, President and CEO of SES Space &amp; Defense. \u201c[Comtech\u2019s] experience developing and manufacturing defense-oriented modems that are \u2018allied by design\u2019 with footprints in many domestic and international programs of records make it an easy decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SES Space &amp; Defense placed an order with Comtech for next-generation modems to operate on the O3b mPOWER constellation. The order announced Tuesday is for the software-defined SLM-5650B and other next-generation modems. Initial quantities under this new contract are expected to be delivered over the next year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}