What Happened
Advancing Commercial Satellite Communications For Future Science Missions
SES Space & Defence has launched a demonstration payload aboard Planet Labs PBC’s Pelican-12 satellite, advancing efforts to develop commercial satellite communications services for NASA’s future science missions. The launch is part of NASA’s Communications Services Project, which aims to validate commercial space relay capabilities for missions operating in low Earth orbit. SES Space & Defense has already demonstrated its Low Earth Orbit Relay Service using both geosynchronous orbit and O3b mPOWER medium Earth orbit data relay systems. The demonstration was first reported by SatellitePro ME.