Satellite Stories

This is a special podcast episode offering a taste of SES’s latest behind-the-scenes video series - Close-Up.

SES has partnered with Microsoft Azure to ensure secure, reliable delivery of Azure services into any market. But how does this relationship work practically? And how can customers in all segments benefit from the growth and expansion of cloud services offered by SES?

Featuring: JP Hemingway, CSPO for SES. Ewald Schrap, Principal Program Managers with the Azure Global team at Microsoft. Lynn MacDonald, Microsoft Azure Space Lead for Australia and Japan.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

Sign up here to access the full "Close-Up with Microsoft" video series.

Unless you’re familiar with Greenland’s waters, it’s generally difficult to navigate through its arctic conditions. The climate, influence of the weather, vastness of the sea area and the ever-changing ice conditions mean that all shipping vessels – from fishing boats to cargo ships – need an experienced pilot onboard. 

In this episode of Satellite Stories we meet arctic navigator Søren Nuka Olsvig, to learn about the importance of real-time information via reliable internet connection at sea.

Join Kristina Smith-Meyer, SES Senior Creative, in discovering the SES partnership with Tusass Greenland. For more about what we do, visit SES.com

There are limited schooling options and no interconnecting roads between settlements in Greenland. Many students rely on boats, planes or helicopters to access high-schools and universities. 

The power of digital inclusion opens doors to online teaching and distance learning platforms previously unavailable in parts of Greenland.

Anders Ogaard is a teacher at the Institute for Learning in Nuuk. He reveals the impact connectivity is having on his pupils’ lives - near and far, and on the wider opportunities the internet can offer Greenlandic culture.

Join Kristina Smith-Meyer, SES's Senior Creative, in discovering the world of e-education in Greenland. For more about what we do, visit SES.com

Greenland is a country full of entrepreneurs and artists, all relying on uninterrupted internet connectivity, including Liv Jensen - founder and designer at www.InukDesign.one 

Liv offers us an insight into how she works with production and shipping companies around the world via her website and social media platforms to sell her artwork.

Join Kristina Smith-Meyer, SES's Senior Creative, in discovering Liv's story. For more about what we do, visit SES.com

By the way, the music you hear on this episode is Rasmus Berthelsen’s hymn ‘Guuterput Qutsinnermiu’ (Our God In Heaven). As sung by the Avaat Choir.

Greenland is the world’s largest island yet least densely populated... but how do you connect remote settlements like Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit to the wider world? And what impact does being connected have on the country’s education, economy and health care sector?

Join Kristina Smith-Meyer on a trip to the country’s capital, Nuuk to discover more about SES’s partnership with Tusass - Greenland’s sole telecommunications provider. 

For more about what we do, visit SES.com

When it comes to knowing your UHD from your HDR, are you struggling to see the wood from the trees? Then fear not because today we’re talking Ultra High Definition, High Dynamic Range AND - ironically - trees. No, really we are… 

Through the eyes of cinematographers, colourists and camera experts we’ll learn how a super pixel count can make a real difference. Both in the cinema and in our homes; watching the latest movie or that all-important live sport fixture.

To paint a picture of why mastering the detail matters we follow the story of a violin being made - from the Bavarian Alps to the performance floor.

Satellite Stories is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer. 

For more about what we do, visit SES.com

It’s almost here! SES-17 is a very-high-throughput all-electric geostationary satellite, and is all set for launch in just a matter of months.

Designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite will operate in conjunction with SES's other Medium Earth Orbit and geostationary satellites. 

It's mission is to provide connectivity services across the Americas and the north-Atlantic. But what will that mean for customers and future partners? Whether on land, at sea or in the air?

Chief Technology Officer, Ruy Pinto and VP of Technology Programmes Management, Paul van Gelder reveal some of the secrets behind SES-17 project.

Satellite Stories is presented by Kristina Smith-Meyer. For more about what we do, visit SES.com

This is special episode offering a taster of SES’s latest exclusive video series: Close-Up. The pace of change in the satellite industry over the last decade has dwarfed anything in the three decades that preceded it. Just about everything has changed, from the nature of satellites themselves and the applications they're used for, to the customers who require them and the value chain through which satellite communication is delivered to users on Earth.  This time on Satellite Stories, Kristina Smith-Meyer hears from JP Hemingway, CEO of SES Networks and Nihar Shah, VP of Strategy & Market Intelligence. Sign up here to access the full "Close-Up with SES" video series.

When Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean island of Saint Martin in September 2017, lives were lost, buildings were destroyed as well as families and businesses displaced. It cost the country more than $1.5bn in damages.

But what’s lesser known is the impact the hurricane had on local infrastructure. For some people, they were left without any internet or TV services for over 6 months. That meant no news updates to heed warning of important weather updates.

Andrew Wong, CEO of KiwiSat, wanted better for his customers. He wanted to create an affordable, high quality service that would be able to withstand the tropical storms of the Caribbean, Mexican and Latin America regions.

Right from the get-go, SES supported his vision to create a successful Direct-to-Home service called KiwiSat.

This episode demonstrates the impact DTH providers can offer, as well as an insight into the mission behind launching SES-10, and SES’s world-renowned Elevate Training programme.

Satellite Stories podcast is presented by SES Senior Creative, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

For more about what we do, visit SES.com

Mission possible: From ground to air, Satellite Stories meets the wider DEA Aviation team to understand how satellite communications is impacting the success of their missions - not just in customer satisfaction, but also schedule maintenance and overseeing the crew’s safety.

In the second part of this two-part series, Luke Sutton, Edward Grinrod and Sally Varley take us through DEA’s people and processes, from operations room to airport hangar.

Satellite Stories is presented by SES Senior Creative Specialist, Kristina Smith-Meyer.

For more about what we do, visit SES.com