![]() Launch of SES-11 | |
Names | EchoStar 105 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES /EchoStar |
COSPAR ID | 2017-063A![]() |
SATCATno. | 42967 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 7 years, 11 months, 21 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | SES-11 / EchoStar 105 |
Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
Bus | Eurostar-3000 |
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
Launch mass | 5,400 kg (11,900 lb)[1][2] |
Power | 12kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 October 2017, 22:53:00UTC |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Full Thrust (s/nB1031.2) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center,LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Entered service | 29 November 2017 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 105° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 48transponders: 24C-band 24Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36MHz |
Coverage area | Hawaii,North America,Latin America,Caribbean |
SES-11 /EchoStar 105 is ageostationarycommunications satellite operated bySES andEchoStar and designed and manufactured byAirbus Defence and Space. It has a mass of 5,200 kg (11,500 lb) and has a design life of at least 15 years.[3]
The spacecraft had been ready to beamtelevision programming and video services across theAmericas for SES and EchoStar. TheFalcon 9launch vehicle has placed the satellite into ahigh-altitudesupersynchronous transfer orbit.[4]