Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SES |
COSPAR ID | 2013-026A |
SATCAT no. | 39172 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 11 years, 5 months, 24 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
Bus | Eurostar-3000 |
Manufacturer | EADS Astrium |
Launch mass | 6,010 kg (13,250 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 June 2013, 09:18:31 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | August 2013 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 40° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 91 transponders: 43 C-band 48 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | North America, Latin America, Europe, Atlantic Ocean |
SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES