 SES-14 with GOLD (bottom left of spacecraft) | |
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | SES |
| COSPAR ID | 2018-012B |
| SATCAT no. | 43175 |
| Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 6 years, 10 months, 2 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
| Bus | Eurostar-3000EOR |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Launch mass | 4,423 kg (9,751 lb) |
| Payload mass | 36.8 kg (81 lb) GOLD[1] |
| Dimensions | 7 m x 5.4 m x 2.7 m |
| Power | 16 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 January 2018, 22:20 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA, VA241 |
| Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Entered service | September 2018 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 47.5° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | C-band |
| Coverage area | Latin America, Caribbean, North America, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa |
SES-14 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES at 47.5° West, replaces NSS-806, and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. The satellite launched on 25 January 2018 at 22:20 UTC along with the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument from NASA.[2] It has a mass of 4,423 kg (9,751 lb) and has a design life of at least 15 years.[3]
- ^ Eastes, Richard (24 March 2016). Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD): Mission of Opportunity (PDF). Managing Partners and Resources, PI Team Masters Forum #6. NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b Clark, Stephen (26 January 2018). "Ariane 5 deploys two telecom satellites in orbit despite telemetry loss". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
The craft hosts a secondary payload for NASA named the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument.
- ^ "SES 14 / GOLD". Gunter's Space Page. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.