SES-6

SES-6
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communication
Operator	SES
COSPAR ID	2013-026A
SATCAT №	39172
Mission duration	15 years

Bus	Eurostar E3000
Manufacturer	EADS Astrium
Launch mass	6,010 kilograms (13,250 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	3 June 2013, 09:18:31 (2013-06-03UTC09:18:31Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	ILS

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	40.5° East
Perigee	35,782 kilometres (22,234 mi)
Apogee	35,804 kilometres (22,248 mi)
Inclination	0.02 degrees
Period	23.93 hours
Epoch	8 November 2013, 02:13:51 UTC^[2]

Transponders
Band	K_u band (48) C band (43)
Coverage area	North America Latin America Europe Atlantic Ocean

SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES.

Constructed by EADS Astrium, it was launched on June 3, 2013 and carries 48 Ku-band and 43 C-band transponders.^[3]

Market

The SES-6 satellite replaces the aging NSS 806 (launched in February 1998 as Intelsat 806). It is nearly twice as large as NSS-806, with two C-band beams and three for the Ku-band. The C-band beams cover the east Atlantic (Europe, North Africa) and west Atlantic (USA, Mexico, South America). The Ku-band beams cover east Atlantic (Europe, Iceland, Greenland), west Atlantic (Greenland, east USA, east Canada) and Brazil.^[4]

In Ku-band, SES-6 will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programmes throughout Latin America. The C-band payload will offer 50% more C-band capacity for the cable community, and retain the capability to distribute content between the Americas and Europe on the same high powered beam.^[5]

Following the launch, SES announced a long-term capacity agreement to provide a new direct to home (DTH) platform in Brazil with Brazilian telecommunication group Oi, which would becomes the largest user of the new satellite.^[3]

References

↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
↑ Peat, Chris (8 November 2013). "SES 6 - Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
1 2 "SES-6 SATELLITE LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY WITH LARGE BRAZILIAN ANCHOR CUSTOMER" (Press release). SES. June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
↑ SES fleet information. Accessed June 27, 2013
↑ SES-6 on Gunter's Space Page Accessed June 27, 2013

External links

SES - Official trade/industry site

Satellites operated by SES S.A.

SES fleet	Active: SES-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Planned: 10 11 12 14 15 16 / GovSat-1 17

AMC fleet	Active: AMC-1 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 11 15 16 18 21 Backups: 7 Retired: 5 Failed: 14

NSS fleet	Active: NSS-5 6 7 9 10 11 12 806 Retired: 513 703 K Failed: 8

Astra fleet	Active: Astra 1KR 1L 1M 1N 2B 2E 2F 2G 3B 4A 5B Backups: 1D 1F 1G 1H 2A 2C 2D 3A Retired: 1A 1B 1C 1E 5A Failed: 1K

Other	Active: Ciel 2 QuetzSat 1 Yahsat 1A

← 2012 · Orbital launches in 2013 · 2014 →

January	Kosmos 2482 · Kosmos 2483 · Kosmos 2484 – JSE Reda 4 · Jissho Eisei – STSAT-2C – TDRS-11

February	Intelsat 27 – Globalstar M078, M087, M093, M094, M095, M096 – Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a · Amazonas 3 – Progress M-18M – Landsat 8 – SARAL · Sapphire · NEOSSat · UniBRITE-1 · TUGSAT-1 · AAUSAT3 · STRaND-1

March	SpaceX CRS-2 – USA-241 – Satmex 8 – Soyuz TMA-08M

April	Anik G1 – Bion-M No.1 (Aist 2 · BeeSat-2 · BeeSat-3 · SOMP · Dove-2 · OSSI-1) – Cygnus Mass Simulator · Dove 1 · Alexander · Graham · Bell – Progress M-19M – Gaofen 1 · TurkSat-3USat · NEE-01 Pegaso · CubeBug-1 – Kosmos 2485

May	Zhongxing 11 – Proba-V · VNREDSat 1A · ESTCube-1 – Eutelsat 3D – USA-242 – USA-243 – Soyuz TMA-09M

June	SES-6 – Albert Einstein ATV – Kosmos 2486 – Shenzhou 10 – Resurs-P No.1 – O3b PFM, FM2, FM4, FM5 – Kosmos 2487 – IRIS

July	IRNSS-1A – Uragan-M 48, 49, 50 – Shijian XI-05 – MUOS-2 – Shijian 15 · Shiyan 7 · Chuangxin 3 – Inmarsat-4A F4 · INSAT-3D – Progress M-20M

August	Kounotori 4 (TechEdSat-3 · ArduSat-1 · ArduSat-X · Pico-Dragon) – USA-244 – Arirang-5 – USA-245 – Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 · GSAT-7 – Amos-4

September	Yaogan 17 A, B, C – LADEE – Gonets-M No.14 · Gonets-M No.16 · Gonets-M No.17 – Hisaki – USA-246 – Cygnus Orb-D1 – Fengyun III-03 – Kuaizhou-1 – Soyuz TMA-10M – CASSIOPE · CUSat · POPACS 1, 2, 3 · DANDE – Astra 2E

October	Shijian 16 – Sirius FM-6 – Yaogan 18

November	Mars Orbiter Mission – Soyuz TMA-11M – Globus-1M No.13L – MAVEN – ORS-3 · STPSat-3 · Black Knight 1 · CAPE-2 · ChargerSat-1 · COPPER · DragonSat-1 · Firefly · Ho'oponopono-2 · Horus · KySat-2 · NPS-SCAT · ORSES · ORS Tech 1, 2 · PhoneSat 2.4 · Prometheus × 8 · SENSE A, B · SwampSat · TJ³Sat · Trailblazer-1 · Vermont Lunar CubeSat – Yaogan 19 – DubaiSat-2 · STSAT-3 · SkySat-1 · UniSat-5 (Dove 4 · ICube-1 · HumSat-D · PUCP-Sat 1 (Pocket-PUCP) · BeakerSat-1 · $50SAT · QBScout-1 · WREN) · AprizeSat 7, 8 · Lem · WNISat-1 · GOMX-1 · CubeBug-2 · Delfi-n3Xt · Dove 3 · First-MOVE · FUNcube-1 · HINCube-1 · KHUSat-1 · KHUSat-2 · NEE-02 Krysaor · OPTOS · Triton 1 · UWE-3 · VELOX-P2 · ZACUBE-1 · BPA-3 – Swarm A, B, C – Shiyan Weixing 5 – Progress M-21M

December	Chang'e 3 (Yutu) – SES-8 – USA-247 · ALICE · AeroCube 5A, 5B · CUNYSAT-1 · FIREBIRD A, B · IPEX · M-Cubed-2 · SMDC-ONE 2.3, 2.4 · SNaP · TacSat-6 – Inmarsat-5 F1 – CBERS-3 – Gaia – Túpac Katari 1 – Kosmos 2488 · Kosmos 2489 · Kosmos 2490 – Ekspress AM5 – Aist 1 · SKRL-756 1, 2

Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ). Manned flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

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SES-6

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