NSS 12 [SSL]
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced in May 2007 that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for, SES NEW SKIES, a subsidiary of SES Global. NSS-12 will be used to enable communications services for telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations, and governments in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and other parts of Asia.
NSS-12 is the first satellite contract that SES NEW SKIES has awarded to SS/L. The spacecraft is a state-of-the-art, hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite that will be located at 57º East Longitude over the Indian Ocean Region. Based on SS/L's highly reliable and space-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft, it will be equipped with 40 C-band and 48 Ku-band active high-power transponders (36 MHz equivalents) to help maintain and increase the capability of the company's worldwide satellite communications network.
Completed in 2009, NSS-12 is designed to have a lifespan of more than 15 years.
Nation: | Netherlands |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | SES New Skies |
Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
Equipment: | 40 C-band and 48 Ku-band active high-power transponders |
Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
Propulsion: | R-4D, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 5620 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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NSS 12 | 2009-058A | 29.10.2009 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Thor 6 |