| Names | AMC ground spare OS-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | SES Americom /SES |
| COSPAR ID | 2011-035A |
| SATCATno. | 37748 |
| Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 14 years, 7 months, 1 day (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | AMC ground spare |
| Spacecraft type | GEOStar-2 |
| Bus | Star-2.4 |
| Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| Launch mass | 3,112 kg (6,861 lb) |
| Power | 5kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 July 2011, 23:16:10UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Proton-M /Briz-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | September 2011 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 103° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 48transponders: 24C-band 24Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 36MHz |
| Coverage area | North America |
|SES-3 is acommunications satellite operated bySES Americom (laterSES World Skies. Now,SES).
SES-3 was built byOrbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), and is based on theStar-2.4satellite bus. It is equipped with 24C-band, and 24Ku-bandtransponders, and at launch it had a mass of 3,112 kg (6,861 lb). It has a design life of fifteen years, however it was launched with enough fuel to operate for at least sixteen years, if its systems are still functional.[3]
It was launched on 15 July 2011 at 23:16:10UTC on aProton-M /Briz-Mlaunch vehicle, the launch was arranged byInternational Launch Services (ILS), sinceBaikonour,Site 200/39 alongside theKazSat-2 satellite.
It is positioned at 103.0° West orbital location overNorth America, replacingAMC-1. Clients includeE. W. Scripps Company,In Demand,Pay-per-view,Ion Television,NBC andQVC.[4]
