SES-15

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SES-15
Start date May 18, 2017, 11:54 UTC
Launcher Soyuz ST VS17
Launch site Center Spatial Guyanais
Takeoff mass 2302 kg
Dimensions 6 × 3 × 2 m
Manufacturer Boeing Satellite Systems International
Satellite bus 702SP
lifespan 15 years
Stabilization Three-axis stabilization
operator SES World Skies
Playback information
Transponder 16 Ku-band transponders
Bandwidth 36 MHz
Others
Electrical power 8 kW
position
First position 129 ° west
drive XIPS-25 ion thrusters
List of geostationary satellites

SES-15 is a commercial communications satellite from SES World Skies .

It was placed in geostationary orbit by a Soyuz launcher from the Center Spatial Guyanais rocket launch site at 11:54 UTC on May 18, 2017 .

The three-axis stabilized satellite with 16 Ku-band - transponders equipped and is on the position / inclination 129 ° West of North America, Mexico and Central America - supply of Arctic Alaska to the south of Panama and from Hawaii to the Caribbean with telecommunications services. In addition to the Ku-band payload, the satellite offers communication gateways to the Ka-band . The satellite also contains a Wide Area Augmentation Systems (WAAS), a US government-funded payload to enhance the Global Positioning Systems (GPS). It was built on the basis of the 702SP satellite bus from Boeing Satellite Systems International and has a planned service life of 15 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ arianespace: SES-15 is readied for its May 18 liftoff on Arianespace's workhorse Soyuz launcher - Arianespace , accessed on June 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Arianespace: Launchkit
  3. ↑ a b ses.com: Successful Launch of SES-15 | SES , accessed June 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Spaceflight101: SES-15 - Soyuz VS17 | Spaceflight101 , accessed June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b nasaspaceflight.com: Arianespace Soyuz ST-A launches with SES-15 | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed June 15, 2017.