SES will soon provide more Ku‑band satellite capacity over Japan and across Asia for commercial airline customers after securing the full Ku‑band capacity of SKY Perfect JSAT’s geostationary Superbird‑C2. The agreement expands SES’s GEO‑based inflight‑connectivity footprint in a strategically important aviation market.
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Secures regionally aligned Ku‑band capacity on a GEO asset positioned for Japan, enabling near‑term inflight connectivity uplifts and route‑specific service improvements (supports immediate airline demand).
The deal follows SES’s broader push to own and commercialise inflight connectivity assets and will intensify competition among satcom providers for Asia Pacific airline contracts; it builds on SES’s post‑Intelsat strategy to sell directly to airlines (see SES’s recent expansion plans: https://hype.aero/?story=f04ed957-71c2-4f47-909b-72528af6c88d).
Complements SES’s MEO capability and regional commercial licences, signalling a hybrid GEO/MEO approach to meet capacity and latency needs across APAC (see recent O3b mPOWER commercial licence activity in Taiwan: https://hype.aero/?story=b5cd243c-2fa3-43ca-b81f-f79bd653c994).
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SES and SKY Perfect JSAT to Boost Ku‑band In‑Flight Connectivity Capacity Across Asia • aircraftinteriorstoday.com
SES Boosts Asia Satellite Capacity with SKY Perfect JSAT Agreement • SpaceWatch Africa
