SES SA

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SES SA

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legal form Société Anonyme
ISIN LU0088087324
founding 2001
Seat Betzdorf Castle , Betzdorf , Luxembourg
management
  • Steve Collar, President and CEO since April 2018
  • Romain Bausch, chairman
Number of employees 1314 (2015)
sales EUR 2.0 billion (2015)
Branch Satellite operator
Website www.ses.com

Logo until September 9, 2011

The SES SA (until 2007 SES Global ) is a 2001 founded management holding company of satellite operators , including SES Astra , which operates the Astra -Satellitensystems, and the General Electric subsidiary GE Americom , now SES Americom . SES stands for Société Européenne des Satellites , in German European Satellite Society . New Skies Satellites NV has also been a subsidiary of SES SA since December 2005. The holding company is based at Schloss Betzdorf in Betzdorf , Luxembourg .

With a fleet of 51 geostationary satellites , the SES group reached 99% of the world's population in 2012. In October 2019, the company operated 40 geostationary and seven other geosynchronous satellites, plus two dozen in mid-earth orbits .

The company holds strategic investments in several regional operators.

The company is listed on the Luxembourg and Paris stock exchanges under the symbol SESG .

Building the company

SES maintains numerous subsidiaries for the operation of its satellite fleet. Other larger holdings include:

Regional satellite operators

(Figures in brackets indicate percentage participation)

Service company

(Figures in brackets indicate percentage participation)

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k SES Annual Report 2015. SES SA, April 14, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Chris Forrester: High Above: The untold story of Astra, Europe's leading satellite company . Springer, 2011, p. 229 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ About SES ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ses.com
  4. ↑ 'Our Coverage'. In: SES.com. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Network map from SES (PDF), accessed on October 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ Annual Report 2010 , SES (PDF, English)
  7. ↑ SES.com: SES Companies & Affiliates. SES SA, accessed January 4, 2016 .
  8. ↑ SES completes acquisition of 100% of O3b Networks. SES SA, August 1, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2016 (English, press release).
  9. ^ Annette Duschinger: Defense from space. In: Lëtzebuerger Journal. Editions Lëtzebuerger Journal, February 16, 2015, accessed on January 4, 2016 .