Names | NSS-14 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES New Skies / SES S.A. |
COSPAR ID | 2012-007A |
SATCAT no. | 38087 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 12 years, 1 month, 26 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | NSS-14 |
Bus | SSL-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 6,180 kg (13,620 lb) |
Power | 20 kW [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 February 2012, 19:36:37 UTC [2] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | April 2012 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit [3] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 22° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 124
transponders: 52 C-band 72 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, West Africa |
SES-4 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies, then by SES S.A.
SES-4 was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), and is based on the SSL-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 52 C-band, and 72 Ku-band transponders, and at launch it had a mass of 6,180 kg (13,620 lb). It has a design life of fifteen years. [4]
It was launched on 14 February 2012, at 19:36:37 UTC on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, the launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS), since Baikonour, Site 200/39. [4]
It is positioned at 22° West orbital location over Atlantic Ocean, replacing NSS-7. [4]