CAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- Nestled atop an oft-reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, two satellites built by Boeing for Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications provider SES lifted off from here the evening of Dec. 16, climbing to medium earth orbit to provide low-latency broadband for users around the globe. The space vehicles were the first two of 11 for a constellation called O3b mPOWER, a series of high-throughput satellites able to generate up to 5,000 digitally steerable spot beams that can move with...
