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O3b: History, Applications & Art

O3b is a satellite constellation in Medium Earth orbit (MEO) owned and operated by SES, and designed to provide lower-latency broadband connectivity to remote locations for mobile network operators and internet service providers, maritime, aviation, and government and defence. It is often referred to as O3b MEO to distinguish these satellites from SES's…

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O3b topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around O3b.

Related topics
74
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
78
Extracted relationships
58
Concept neighborhoods
32
Bridge connections
78

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 42 topics
Use of medium Earth orbit · 16 topics
Satellites · 11 topics
Overview · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Launch date
25 June 2013 (2013-06-25) (four) 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) (four) 18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (four) 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (four) 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (four)
Launch mass
700 kg
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space
Mission type
Internet access
Operator
SES Networks
Perigee altitude
8063 km

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Satellites

Use of medium Earth orbit

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How O3b connects Entity context

The extracted context around O3b shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, O3b → After, April, Arianespace, Centre Spatial Guyanais, December, Four, Fregat-MT, French Guiana, In December, Initially, January, July, June, March, September, Soyuz-2, Space Center, Thales Alenia Space, The Another extracted example is O3b → Although, Astra, Earth, GEO, However, HTS, LEO, Medium Earth, O3b MEO, SES, SES-12, SES-14, SES-15, Skype, So, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

O3b

Top relations

related to history · 19
O3b → After, April, Arianespace, Centre Spatial Guyanais, December, Four, Fregat-MT, French Guiana, In December, Initially, January, July, June, March, September, Soyuz-2, Space Center, Thales Alenia Space, The
related to Use of medium Earth orbit · 16
O3b → Although, Astra, Earth, GEO, However, HTS, LEO, Medium Earth, O3b MEO, SES, SES-12, SES-14, SES-15, Skype, So, The
related to Satellites · 11
O3b → Due, Each, Earth, For, Gbit/s, GHz, Ka-band, Mbit/s, MHz, TCP, The
see also · 2
O3b → SESO3b NetworksO3b, Spaceflight
Launch date · 1
O3b → 25 June 2013 (2013-06-25) (four) 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) (four) 18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (four) 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (four) 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (four)
Launch mass · 1
O3b → 700 kg
Manufacturer · 1
O3b → Thales Alenia Space
Mission type · 1
O3b → Internet access
Operator · 1
O3b → SES Networks
Perigee altitude · 1
O3b → 8063 km

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

satellites ses constellation satellite meo earth orbit mpower service services provide latency internet first connectivity space medium four launched announced

O3b relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 58 structured relationships around O3b. Examples in this analysis include O3b → Launch date → 25 June 2013 (2013-06-25) (four) 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) (four) 18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (four) 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (four) 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (four) and O3b → Launch mass → 700 kg. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
O3bLaunch date25 June 2013 (2013-06-25) (four) 10 July 2014 (2014-07-10) (four) 18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) (four) 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (four) 4 April 2019 (2019-04-04) (four)1.00infobox
O3bLaunch mass700 kg1.00infobox
O3bManufacturerThales Alenia Space1.00infobox
O3bMission typeInternet access1.00infobox
O3bOperatorSES Networks1.00infobox
O3bPerigee altitude8063 km1.00infobox
O3bPeriod287.9 minutes1.00infobox
O3bReference systemGeocentric orbit1.00infobox
O3bRegimeMedium Earth orbit1.00infobox
O3bis asatellite constellation in Medium Earth orbit0.90text
O3brelated to historyInitially0.60section
O3brelated to historySoyuz-20.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around O3b bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Satellites, Mpower and Ses. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • O3b
    • Satellites
    • Mpower
    • Ses
    • Constellation
    • Meo
    • Provide
    • Service
    • Services
    • First
    • Satellite
    • Connectivity
    • Internet
  • o3b
    • Satellites
    • Mpower
    • Ses
    • Constellation
    • Meo
    • Provide
    • Service
    • Services
    • First
    • Satellite
    • Connectivity
    • Internet
  • satellite constellation
    • O3b
    • Meo
    • Ses
    • Mpower
    • Latency
    • Satellites
    • Services
    • Orbit
    • Satellite
    • Space
    • Throughput
    • Announced
  • medium earth orbit
    • Orbit
    • Earth
    • Medium
    • Internet
    • Ground
    • Satellite
    • Meo
    • Satellites
    • Latency
    • Geostationary
    • Ses
    • Network
  • ses networks
    • Announced
    • Defense
    • Space
    • Launch
    • Services
    • Geostationary
    • Latency
    • Cloud
    • Microsoft
    • September
    • Using
    • Ground
  • o3b mpower
    • Satellites
    • Mpower
    • O3b
    • Ses
    • Constellation
    • Meo
    • Provide
    • Service
    • Services
    • First
    • Existing
    • Satellite
  • o3b networks
    • Satellites
    • Mpower
    • Ses
    • Constellation
    • Meo
    • Provide
    • Service
    • Services
    • First
    • Launch
    • Satellite
    • Connectivity
  • u.s. government
    • Defense
    • Space
    • Ses
    • Provide
    • Services
    • Satellite
    • Throughput
    • Service
    • Meo
    • Network
    • Announced
    • Latency

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For O3b, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects O3b with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
O3bHistory · splits 36 ⟂ 43
O3bUse of medium Earth orbit · splits 62 ⟂ 17
O3bSatellites · splits 67 ⟂ 12
O3bOverview · splits 73 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

O3b

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples58
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around O3b to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — O3b · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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