Session 3.6a Expo Product Brief: Australian Defence mPOWERED: A Comprehensive Overview of SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO Satellite Constellation
Tracks
Open Session
| Thursday, November 16, 2023 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Royal Theatre |
| Sponsored By: |
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Australia’s 2023 Defence Strategic Review highlighted the need for Defence’s space capabilities to be optimised for assured communications. It identified commercial space capabilities as a critical adjunct to ADF force structure, complementing and augmenting extant government-owned systems. It also called for a new approach to capability acquisition, with an emphasis on speed, near-term readiness, and ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions.
In this presentation, we will examine the capabilities of O3b mPOWER, SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite system. This system offers high-capacity, low-latency connectivity; with a focus on its strategic alignment to key Defence priorities.
The presentation will also offer an up-to-date overview of the operational status of O3b mPOWER, along with a concise technical introduction to its space, ground and control segments of the system. We will explore the advantages of MEO, focusing on its resilience, throughput, and latency benefits.
Most importantly, the presentation will outline key Defence applications for O3b mPOWER, ranging from enterprise connectivity to remote sites and ship-borne quality of life services to supporting secure Command and Control (C2), Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD), and counter-hypersonic interdiction.
Speaker/s
Mr Raoul Heinrichs
General Manager, Defence and National Security
SES
Raoul Heinrichs is General Manager for Defence and National Security at SES Space and Defence. From 2020-22, Raoul was Business Development Lead for Space at Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA), and before that held roles at LMA in strategy and government relations. Raoul has previously served in defence and security-related roles in think-tanks, academic, and several political offices.
