SES: SES Bristow
About SES Bristow
SES Bristow (Virginia) refers to SES’s operational presence in Bristow, VA, which publicly includes (at minimum) an SES Bristow office / U.S. technology & operations hub location and a Bristow satellite earth-station / teleport site referenced in U.S. FCC filings and SES Government Solutions materials.
SES’s official website lists Bristow as an SES location at 8050 Piney Branch Lane, Bristow, VA 20136, United States.
Separately, an FCC document lists a satellite earth-station site as “BRISTOW – 8031 Piney Branch RD, Prince William, Bristow, VA” and an SES Government Solutions FCC STA narrative states testing would occur at the “SES Washington Media Port teleport in Bristow, Virginia.”
⚙️ Facility Highlights
- SES Bristow office / hub location is publicly listed by SES at 8050 Piney Branch Lane, Bristow, VA 20136.
- Public economic-development announcements describe SES establishing a U.S. technology and operations hub at 8050 Piney Branch Lane with two operations centers supporting satellite operations and video/data network services.
- A World Teleport Association item describes SES opening a new ~43,000 sq ft central operations hub in Bristow, Virginia.
- FCC licensing documentation lists a BRISTOW earth-station site at 8031 Piney Branch Rd, Prince William, Bristow, VA (earth-station technical details are present in the filing; facility-wide data center specs are not consolidated).
- An SES Government Solutions FCC STA narrative explicitly references the “SES Washington Media Port teleport in Bristow, Virginia.”
🔐 Security & Compliance
- Site-specific physical security controls (perimeter security, guard services, mantraps, CCTV coverage, access-control methods) are Not publicly disclosed in SES’s public materials reviewed.
- Fire detection/suppression systems for the Bristow facilities are Not publicly disclosed.
- Compliance & certifications (facility-level): Not publicly disclosed.
Facility-specific certification scopes and certificate IDs are not publicly disclosed.
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- SES publicly positions Bristow as part of its U.S. operational footprint and lists the Bristow site address (8050 Piney Branch Lane).
- A SES press release notes service backhaul “from the SES Government Solutions Teleport in Bristow, Va. through terrestrial circuits,” indicating integrated satellite + terrestrial connectivity use-cases (carrier lists and cross-connect productization are not publicly disclosed).
- Detailed carrier-neutral status, meet-me room details, cross-connect options, and diverse fiber entrance information for “SES Bristow” are Not publicly disclosed in operator materials reviewed.
The facility does not operate an Internet Exchange (IX). (No SES Bristow IX operation is publicly documented in the sources reviewed.)
The presence of network exchanges or peering platforms via tenants does not constitute IX operation.
💼 Who It Serves
- Government and mission-critical customers leveraging the SES Government Solutions teleport capability referenced in Bristow.
- Broadcast/video and data-network customers supported by SES’s U.S. operations hub functions described at the Bristow site.
- Organizations requiring satellite ground infrastructure / teleport services (as implied by FCC earth-station site records and the Washington Media Port teleport reference).