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SES 8
SES 8 [OSC]
SES announced in February 2011 that it has commissioned the SES-8 spacecraft from Orbital Sciences Corporation for a launch in the first quarter of 2013.
SES-8 will feature 33 high-power Ku-band (36 MHz-equivalent) transponders and will be co-positioned with the NSS-6 satellite at the orbital location of 95° East. SES-8 is a medium-sized satellite with beams focused on South Asia (India) and Indo-China (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos) to support existing DTH customers with back-up and growth transponder capacity. The spacecraft will be built on Orbital’s flight-proven STAR spacecraft platform and will generate approximately 5.0 kilowatts of payload power.
| Nation: | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | SES |
| Contractors: | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
| Equipment: | 33 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | GeoStar-2.4 Bus |
| Propulsion: | IHI BT-4 |
| Power: | 2 solar arrays (5 kW) |
| Lifetime: | 15 years (fueled for >16 years) |
| Mass: | 3170 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SES 8 | 2013-071A | 03.12.2013 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.1(ex) |
References:
- Orbital Sciences Corp.: SES-8
- Orbital Press release
Further SES missions:
- SES 1, 2, 3 [Star-2]
- SES 4 [SSL-1300]
- SES 5 [SSL-1300]
- SES 6 [Eurostar-3000]
- SES 7 [BSS-601HP]
- SES 8 [Star-2]
- SES 9 [BSS-702HP]
- SES 10 [Eurostar-3000]
- SES 11 [Eurostar-3000]
- SES 12 [Eurostar-3000EOR]
- SES 14 [Eurostar-3000EOR]
- SES 15 [BSS-702SP]
- SES 16 (GovSat 1) [Star-3]
- SES 17 [Spacebus-Neo]
- SES 18, 19 [GEOStar-3]
- SES 20, 21 [BSS-702SP]
- SES 22, 23 [Spacebus-4000B2]
- SES 26 [Space Inspire]
