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SES and ESA Set Up New Government Satcom Platform
SES (News - Alert) leads a European consortium of industry partners to sign an
agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to set up Pacis-1, a new
satellite communication platform for governments that is aimed at making
secure satellite communications accessible and available to governments
and institutions.
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Carlo Elia, Head of the Telecommunications Technologies, Products and Systems Department, ESA, and Gerhard Bethscheider, Managing Director of SES TechCom Services, SES Networks (Photo: Business Wire)
Pacis-1 is part of the ESA's Govsatcom Precursor programme and is the
first step in demonstrating how the European space industry can support
the EU's Govsatcom initiative and leverage governmental and commercial
satellite services to provide secure access to satellite communications
for a wide range of governmental applications. The project will
demonstrate in-field usage of the system for civil protection, border
control, humanitarian missions, maritime surveillance, among other
applications.
Under the agreement, SES will put in place the architecture and service
concept of Pacis-1, leveraging the space assets and ground
infrastructure of the stakeholders involved in the project.
Under the Pacis-1 public-private partnership, the members of the
consortium will be providing specific technological contributions,
including engineering, satellite capacity, commercial, project
management and other services. Other industrial partners that have
joined the SES-led consortium are Redu Space Services, GovSat, Newtec (News - Alert),
QinetiQ and Tekeer.
"Pacis-1 is an excellent example of how a Public-Private Partnership at
the national level - between a commercial operator and a Member State -
can evolve in a wider European setting with the support of ESA, to
prepare for EU Govsatcom. The pooling & sharing demonstrations are
hosted in a European Centre of Excellence for space cyber security
services, and may provide the Centre with the opportunity for an
operational role in governmental secure Satcom at EU level," said Carlo
Elia, Head of the Telecommunications Technologies, Products and Systems
Department, ESA.
"The Pacis-1 project is a unique and truly innovative way to approach a
partnership between the industry and ESA, and will pave the way for
governments to have flexible access to secure satellite communications,
in a cost-efficient way," said Gerhard Bethscheider, Managing Director
of SES TechCom Services, SES Networks. "As pioneers in the government
satellite communications area, we are very proud to be part of Pacis-1
and we are very much looking forward to the demonstrations of the
capabilities and end-to-end solutions which will take place as part of
this project."
For more information, please visit ESA's
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SES is the world-leading satellite operator and the first to deliver a
differentiated and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide, with more than
50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 12 in Medium Earth
Orbit (MEO). SES focuses on value-added, end-to-end solutions in two key
business units: SES Video and SES Networks. The company provides
satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet
service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and
institutions. SES's portfolio includes ASTRA, O3b and MX1, a leading
media service provider that offers a full suite of innovative digital
video and media services. SES is listed on the Euronext Paris and
Luxembourg Stock Exchange (ticker: SESG). Further information available
at: www.ses.com
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