Names | AMC-1R AMC-4R OS-1 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES Americom / SES |
COSPAR ID | 2010-016A |
SATCAT no. | 36516 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 14 years, 6 months, 25 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | OS-1 |
Spacecraft type | GEOStar-2 |
Bus | Star-2.4 |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
Launch mass | 2,561 kg (5,646 lb) |
Power | 5 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 April 2010, 11:19:00 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | June 2010 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 101° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Canada, United States, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America |
SES-1 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES World Skies, then by SES