On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, ALL.SPACE announced it has completed the industry’s first certification for a next-generation tactical terminal capable of simultaneous multi-orbit connectivity on the SES O3b mPOWER network. Developed in collaboration with SES Space & Defense, the ALL.SPACE electronically scanned antenna (ESA) is now the first of its kind authorized for operational use on the high-throughput Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation.
The certification marks a critical milestone for “Fighting SATCOM” requirements, allowing a single terminal to maintain concurrent links across Geostationary (GEO) and MEO orbits without moving parts.
Supporting the SIMON Strategy
The certification is a foundational element of SES Space & Defense’s Secure Integrated Multi-Orbit Networking (SIMON) strategy. SIMON is designed to abstract the complexity of multi-orbit operations, providing government users with a seamless “network of networks” that can automatically failover between orbits to maintain mission assurance.
The terminal is already integrated into several U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Programs of Record, where it supports sovereign services over the MEO Global Services (mGS) contract. This contract provides resilient MEO capacity to NATO nations, including the U.S. and Luxembourg, through a shared enterprise architecture.
Technical Specifications: Software-Defined Versatility
The ALL.SPACE smart terminal utilizes a unique “multi-beam” architecture that differs from traditional phased arrays by offering full-aperture performance on every link.
- Orbit Compatibility: Simultaneous GEO/MEO/LEO (Low Earth Orbit) tracking.
- Form Factor: Optimized for land-mobile, maritime, and expeditionary command nodes.
- Resilience: Features high-speed “break-before-make” handovers (under 10ms) and inherent anti-jam capabilities through beam nulling.
- Integration: Includes an integrated software-defined service enablement platform that converges routing, edge computing, and 5G/cellular access.
Operational Impact in Contested Environments
By enabling simultaneous connectivity, the terminal provides joint and coalition forces with a “redundancy by design” approach. In contested environments where an adversary may attempt to jam or disable a specific orbital layer, the ALL.SPACE terminal can instantly route priority Command and Control (C2) traffic through an alternative orbit while maintaining high-bandwidth ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) data on a separate link.
Roadmap to Full Constellation Deployment
The certification follows the recent activation of SES’s ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites earlier this month. With the constellation now reaching its 10-unit operational milestone, SES is on track to launch the final three satellites in the second half of 2026. This will enable the full global throughput of the system by 2027, with ALL.SPACE terminals serving as the primary edge gateway for high-mobility defense users.
