SES Broadband for Maritime

SES Broadband for Maritime provides high-speed Internet access (at up to 2 Mbit/s downlink) along with VoIP telephone, email, and virtual private network services to vessels while at anchor/moored or in motion.

The service is intended for pleasure crafts, fishing and coastal ships, ferries and smaller commercial cargo carriers, operating mainly in the North and Baltic Seas, and the northern Mediterranean.

[4] The Internet connection provided by SES Broadband for Maritime is a two-way satellite link between the user’s vessel and the Astra 3B communications satellite at 23.5° east, which in turn is linked to the SES Broadband Services HQ and teleport located in Betzdorf where a hub connects to the Internet backbone.

Vessels using SES Broadband for Maritime require a simple VSAT terminal comprising an antenna developed by KNS and modem from Newtec.

Also in the control room, the SES Broadband for Maritime satellite modem connects to the dish’s iLNB and to the user's local area network using a standard 8P8C Ethernet connector, behaving as an IP Bridge.