| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | SES |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-026A |
| SATCATno. | 39172 |
| Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 12 years, 5 months, 25 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
| Bus | Eurostar-3000 |
| Manufacturer | EADS Astrium |
| Launch mass | 6,010 kg (13,250 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 June 2013, 09:18:31UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Proton-M /Briz-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | August 2013 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 40° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 91transponders: 43C-band 48Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 36MHz |
| Coverage area | North America,Latin America, Europe,Atlantic Ocean |
SES-6 is a commercialgeostationarycommunication satellite owned and operated bySES
Constructed byEADS Astrium, it was launched on 3 June 2013 at 09:18:31UTC fromBaikonour byProton-M /Briz-Mlaunch vehicle and carries 43C-band and 48Ku-bandtransponders.[2] With 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band 36MHz equivalent transponders (38 C-band and 36 Ku-band physical transponders), the 6,010 kg (13,250 lb) satellite has a design life of 15 years. It is built on theEurostar-3000satellite bus.[3]
The SES-6 satellite replaces the agingNSS-806 (launched on 28 February 1998 asIntelsat 806). It is nearly twice as large as NSS-806, with two C-band beams and has a total of five steerable Ku-band beams, including four beams for theAmericas and one beam covering theAtlantic Ocean region.[3] The C-band beams cover the East Atlantic (Europe,North Africa) and West Atlantic (United States,Mexico,South America). The Ku-band beams cover East Atlantic (Europe,Iceland,Greenland), West Atlantic (Eastern United States,Eastern Canada) andBrazil.[4]
SES-6 offers the cable community 50% more C-band capacity than NSS-806, while maintaining the unique ability to deliver content across the Americas and Europe using the same high-powered beam. In addition, SES-6 offers a substantial upgrade to Ku-band capacity in the region with dedicated high power beams over Brazil, South cone, theAndean region, North America, Mexico, Central America and theCaribbean, while also offering an innovative payload to support mobile maritime and aeronautical services on the highly demanded routes from North America, the Gulf of Mexico, across theNorth Atlantic and to Europe.[3]
Following the launch, SES announced a long-term capacity agreement to provide a newdirect-to-home (DTH) platform in Brazil with Brazilian telecommunication groupOi, which would become the largest user of the new satellite.[2]
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