| Names | AMC-5R AMC-26 CHIRP |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | SES |
| COSPAR ID | 2011-049A |
| SATCATno. | 37809 |
| Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 14 years, 4 months, 26 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | AMC-5R |
| Spacecraft type | GEOStar-2 |
| Bus | Star-2.4 |
| Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| Launch mass | 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) |
| Power | 5kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 September 2011, 21:38:00 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA (VA204) |
| Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais,ELA-3 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Entered service | 27 October 2011 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 87° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 48transponders: 24C-band 24Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 36MHz |
| Coverage area | North America,Latin America,Caribbean |
SES-2 is acommunications satellite operated bySES. It was launched alongside theArabsat-5C satellite.
The platform is home to the firsthosted payload, a mechanism by which governmental entities can fly modules on commercial satellites.[3][4][5] It carries 24C-band and 24Ku-band transponders of 36 MHz capacity. Six of the channels in each band can be cross-strapped to the opposite band, enabling new service capability. The SES-2 satellite generates approximately 5.0kW of payload power and has two 2.3 m deployable reflectors.[2] It also carries theCommercially Hosted InfraRed Payload (CHIRP) for theU.S. Air Force. CHIRP demonstratesinfrared detection technologies fromgeostationary orbit formissile warning applications.[2]
SES-2, a communications satellite, was launched on 21 September 2011 fromCentre Spatial Guyanais,Kourou at 21:38:00UTC by anAriane 5 ECAlaunch vehicle. The satellite weighed 3200 kg and join four otherOrbital Sciences-built spacecraft in theSES fleet to provide service forNorth America,Latin America and theCaribbean. It is stationed at 87° Westlongitude.[2]
It entered into commercial service on 27 October 2011 in the 87° West orbital location.[6] This satellite is used to transmit the updatingOthernet archive to the small lightweight Othernet receiver stations designed to eventually provide news, weather, educational and other media to communities with no access to the internet.[7]
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