List of SES satellites
This is a list of satellites operated by SES.
AMC fleet
[edit]The AMC fleet was originally operated by GE Americom, acquired by SES Global in 2001. Americom was also operating the older Satcom fleet, whose last operating spacecraft were fully retired in the early 2000s.
- Legend
- Active fleetFuture launchesRetired or lost
Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date | Launch vehicle | Comments |
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AMC-4 | 135° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku-band, 110 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America) |
13 November 1999 | Ariane 44LP | On August 5, 2022, replaced by the SES 22 satellite. |
AMC-6 | 139° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 C-band, 20 watts (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku-band, 110 watts (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) |
22 October 2000 | Proton-K/DM-2 | |
AMC-8 | 135° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
19 December 2000 | Ariane 5G | On August 5, 2022, AMC 8 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 22 satellite. |
AMC-11 | 131° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
19 May 2004 | Atlas 2AS[1] | On December 1, 2022, AMC 11 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 21 satellite. |
AMC-15 | 105° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 Ku-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
15 October 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M[2] | |
AMC-16 | 85° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 Ku-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
17 December 2004 | Atlas V (521)[3] | |
AMC-18 | 83° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
8 December 2006 | Ariane 5 ECA[4] | Replaced AMC-2 previously at 105° W. |
AMC-21 | 125° W | Thales Alenia Space/ Orbital Sciences |
STAR-2 | 24 Ku-band, 110 watts (USA, Southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
14 August 2008 | Ariane 5 ECA[5] | |
AMC-1 | 131° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12–14 watts (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada) 24 Ku-band, 60watts (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
8 September 1996 | Atlas 2A | |
AMC-2 | drifting | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12–18 watts (USA, Mexico, Canada) 24 Ku-band, 60 watts (CONUS, Northern Mexico, Canada) |
30 January 1997 | Ariane 4L | was co-located with AMC-4 |
AMC-3 | 87° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12–18 watts (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) 24 Ku-band, 60 watts (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) |
4 September 1997 | Atlas 2AS | |
AMC-5 | drifting | Alcatel Space | Spacebus 2000 | 16 Ku-band, 55 watts (CONUS, South Canada, Northern Mexico) |
28 October 1998 | Ariane 4L | Retired in May 2014.[6] |
AMC-7 | drifting | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
14 September 2000 | Ariane 5G | Backup to AMC-10[7] |
AMC-9 | drifting | Alcatel Space | Spacebus 3000B3 | 24 C-band, 20 watts, (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24 Ku-band, 110 watts (CONUS, Mexico) |
7 June 2003 | Proton-K/Briz-M[8] | Anomaly on-orbit, satellite lost control and appeared to be breaking apart.[9] |
AMC-10 | drifting | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
5 February 2004 | Atlas 2AS[10] | |
AMC-14 | 61.5° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100 | 32 Ku-band, 150 watts | 14 March 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Wrong orbit[11] |
Astra fleet
[edit]NSS fleet
[edit]This fleet came from the acquisition of New Skies Satellites in 2005, which itself had inherited 5 satellites from Intelsat in 1998.
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- Active fleetFuture launchesRetired or lost
Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date | Launch vehicle | Comments |
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NSS-6 | 169.5° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 50 Ku-band transponders to cover Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East and 12 Ka-band super high gain uplink beams DTH services to Asia, especially India. |
17 December 2002 | Ariane 4L | |
NSS-7 | 20° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 36 C-Band and 36 Ku-band transponders Video broadcast covering South America and Africa |
16 April 2002 | Ariane 4L | Originally at 22°W |
NSS-9 | 177° W | Orbital Sciences | STAR-2.[88] | 44 C-band transponders Pacific Ocean: transcontinental video, voice and Internet; local service to Pacific islands |
12 February 2009 | Ariane 5 flight V187[89] | |
NSS-10 | 37.5° W | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus 4000C3 | 49 C-band transponders Americas, Europe and Africa; telecom and VSAT operators. |
3 February 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M[90] | Formerly known as AMC-12/Astra 4A[91] |
NSS-11 | 176° E | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 28 Ku-band transponders DTH voice, video and data in India, China and Philippines. |
1 October 2000 | Proton-K/DM-2M | Formerly known as AAP-1, GE 1A or WorldSat-1[91] |
NSS-12 | 57° E | Space Systems/Loral | FS-1300 | 40 C-band and 48 Ku-band active high-power transponders Mobile backhaul services over the Middle East and Europe, Central and South Asia and East Africa. |
29 October 2009 | Ariane 5 ECA[92] | |
NSS-5 | 50.5° E | Lockheed Martin | AS-7000 | 38 C-band, 12 Ku-band Pacific Ocean region, shared capacity with Intelsat. |
23 September 1997 | Ariane 42L | Formerly known as NSS-803, launched as Intelsat 803. Moved from 183° E to 57° E to cover NSS-703's service area until NSS-12 launched on 29 October 2009. Moved to 22° W and then 20° W as part of a swapout plan with NSS-7 and SES-4 that was to be completed by June 2012. Finally moved to 50.5° E in September 2012. |
NSS-513 | 177° W | Ford Aerospace | 18 May 1988 | Ariane 2 | Launched as Intelsat 513. Retired | ||
NSS-703 | 47° W | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | Originally at 57° E. | 6 October 1994 | Atlas 2AS | Traffic moved to NSS-12 in January 2010,[93] satellite retired in October 2014.[94] |
NSS-806 | 47° W | Lockheed Martin | AS-7000 | 28 C-band and 3 Ku-band transponders to cover Latin America, Iberian peninsula, Canary Islands, Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe. | 27 February 1998 | Atlas 2AS | Launched as Intelsat 806 at 40.5° W. Replaced by SES-6 in June 2013 and moved to 47° W European beams retired, remaining C-band Hemi beam and Ku-band Spot beam cover South America only[95] |
NSS-K | 183° E | Lockheed Martin | AS-5000 | Originally at 21.5° W. | 9 June 1992 | Atlas 2A | Retired |
NSS-8 | 57° E (planned) | Boeing | BSS-702 | 30 January 2007 | Zenit-3SL | Rocket exploded on pad.[96] |
SES fleet
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- Active fleetFuture launches
Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date |
Launch vehicle |
Comments |
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SES-1 | 101° W | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
24 April 2010 | Proton-M / Briz-M[97] | Replaced AMC-2, AMC-4 previously at 101° W. |
SES-2 | 87° W | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
21 September 2011 | Ariane 5 ECA | Replaced AMC-3 previously at 87° W. |
SES-3 | 103° W | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
15 July 2011 | Proton-M / Briz-M | Entering commercial service in March 2012. |
SES-4 | 22° W | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 52 C-band, 72 Ku-band | 14 February 2012 | Proton-M / Briz-M | Entering commercial service in April 2012. Formerly known as NSS-14. |
SES-5 | 5° E | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 24 C-band, 36 Ku-band, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Two Ku-band beams targeting Nordic/Baltic regions, and sub-Saharan Africa. |
10 July 2012 | Proton-M / Briz-M | Entering commercial service summer 2012. Formerly called Astra 4B. |
SES-6 | 40.5° W | Astrium | Eurostar E3000 | 43 C-band, 48 Ku-band. (North America, Latin America, Europe, Atlantic Ocean) |
3 June 2013 | Proton-M / Briz-M | Replaced NSS-806 |
SES-7 | 108.2° E | Boeing Satellite Systems | Boeing 601HP | 22 Ku-band, 10 S-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific) |
16 May 2009 | Proton-M / Briz-M | Formerly known as IndoStar 2 / ProtoStar 2. |
SES-8 | 95° E | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | Up to 33 Ku-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific) |
3 December 2013 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | First Falcon 9 launch to a geostationary orbit.[98][99] |
SES-9 | 108.2° E | Boeing Satellite Systems | Boeing 702HP | 81 Ku-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific) from position 108.2° E[100] |
4 March 2016 | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Second launch of Falcon 9 Full Thrust. Co-located with the SES-7 satellite. |
SES-10 | 67° W | Airbus Defence and Space | Eurostar E3000 | 60 Ku-band (Latin America)[101] |
30 March 2017 | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | |
SES-11 / EchoStar 105 | 105° W | Airbus Defence and Space | Eurostar E3000 | 24 Ku-band, 24 C-band (North America, Latin America and the Caribbean)[102] |
11 October 2017 | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Replaced AMC-15 and AMC-18[102] |
SES-12 | 95° E | Airbus Defence and Space | Eurostar E3000 | 54 Ku-band (South Asia, Asia-Pacific)[103] |
4 June 2018[104] | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Replaced NSS-6; co-located with SES-8[103] |
SES-14 | 47.5° W | Airbus Defence and Space | Eurostar E3000 | 20 Ku-band HTS, 28 C-band (Americas and North Atlantic)[105] |
25 January 2018[106] | Ariane 5 ECA | Will replace NSS-806 and add capacity.[105] Hosts NASA's Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument payload.[107] |
SES-15 | 129° W | Boeing Satellite Systems | Boeing 702SP | 16 Ku-band (North America, Latin America, Caribbean)[108] |
18 May 2017[109] | Soyuz-STA / Fregat-M | Combines wide beams and HTS multi-spot beams[108] |
SES-16 / GovSat-1 | 21.5° E | Orbital ATK | GEOStar-3 | Military X-band and Ka-band[110] | 31 January 2018[111] | Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Communications services for the government of Luxembourg[110][112] |
SES-17 | 67.1° W | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus Neo | High Throughput Ka-band[113] | 24 October 2021[114] | Ariane 5 ECA | Connectivity services over the Americas optimized for commercial aviation. In position and fully operational June 2022.[115] |
SES-18 | 103° W | Northrop Grumman | GEOStar 3 | C-band | 17 March 2023[116] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Entered service in June 2023, replacing SES-3. |
SES-19 | 135° W | Northrop Grumman | GEOStar 3 | C-band | 17 March 2023[116] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |
SES-20 | 103° W | Boeing | Boeing 702SP | C-band | 4 October 2022[117] | Atlas V 531 | |
SES-21 | 131° W | Boeing | Boeing 702SP | C-band | 4 October 2022[117] | Atlas V 531 | On December 1, 2022, it began operations and replaced the AMC 11 satellite. |
SES-22 | 135° W | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus 4000B2 | C-band | 29 June 2022[118] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | On August 5, 2022, it began operations and replaced the AMC 8 satellite. |
SES-23 | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus-4000B2 | C-band | Unknown[116] | TBA | ||
SES-24 | 19.2° E | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus-NEO 200 | Ku-band | 20 June 2024[119] | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Also known as Astra 1P |
SES-25 | 19.2° E | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus-NEO 200 | Ku-band | 2026[119] | TBA | Also known as Astra 1Q |
SES-26 | Thales Alenia Space | Space Inspire | Ku-band, C-Band | 2026[119] | TBA |
O3b fleet
[edit]The O3b fleet was initially owned and operated by O3b Networks, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of SES in 2016[120] Orbiting in Medium Earth orbit (MEO), the first generation satellites are sometimes referred to as "O3b MEO" to more clearly distinguish them from the forthcoming second generation O3b mPOWER constellation (to launch 2022–2024, and start service in Q3 2023).[121][122][123][124]
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- Active fleetFuture launches
Name | NORAD ID | Int'l Code | Launch Date | Launch Vehicle | Period (min) |
O3B PFM | 39191 | 2013-031D | 25 June 2013 | Soyuz ST-B (VS05) | 287.9 |
O3B FM2 | 39190 | 2013-031C | 25 June 2013 | Soyuz ST-B (VS05) | 287.9 |
O3B FM3 | 40082 | 2014-038D | 10 July 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS08) | 287.9 |
O3B FM4 | 39189 | 2013-031B | 25 June 2013 | Soyuz ST-B (VS05) | 287.9 |
O3B FM5 | 39188 | 2013-031A | 25 June 2013 | Soyuz ST-B (VS05) | 287.9 |
O3B FM6 | 40080 | 2014-038B | 10 July 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS08) | 287.9 |
O3B FM7 | 40081 | 2014-038C | 10 July 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS08) | 287.9 |
O3B FM8 | 40079 | 2014-038A | 10 July 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS08) | 287.9 |
O3B FM9 | 40351 | 2014-083D | 18 December 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS10) | 287.9 |
O3B FM10 | 40348 | 2014-083A | 18 December 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS10) | 287.9 |
O3B FM11 | 40349 | 2014-083B | 18 December 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS10) | 287.9 |
O3B FM12 | 40350 | 2014-083C | 18 December 2014 | Soyuz ST-B (VS10) | 287.9 |
O3B FM13 | 43234 | 2018-024D | 9 March 2018 | Soyuz ST-B (VS18) | 287.9 |
O3B FM14 | 43233 | 2018-024C | 9 March 2018 | Soyuz ST-B (VS18) | 287.9 |
O3B FM15 | 43231 | 2018-024A | 9 March 2018 | Soyuz ST-B (VS18) | 287.9 |
O3B FM16 | 43232 | 2018-024B | 9 March 2018 | Soyuz ST-B (VS18) | 287.9 |
O3B FM17 | 44114 | 2019-020C | 4 April 2019 | Soyuz ST-B (VS22) | 287.9 |
O3B FM18 | 44115 | 2019-020D | 4 April 2019 | Soyuz ST-B (VS22) | 287.9 |
O3B FM19 | 44113 | 2019-020B | 4 April 2019 | Soyuz ST-B (VS22) | 287.9 |
O3B FM20 | 44112 | 2019-020A | 4 April 2019 | Soyuz ST-B (VS22) | 287.9 |
O3b mPOWER 1 (O3b FM21) |
54755 | 2022-174A | 16 December 2022 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 288 |
O3b mPOWER 2 (O3b FM22) |
54756 | 2022-174B | 16 December 2022 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 288 |
O3b mPOWER 3 (O3b FM23) |
56368 | 2023-059B | 28 April 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 287 |
O3b mPOWER 4 (O3b FM24) |
56367 | 2023-059A | 28 April 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 288 |
O3b mPOWER 5 (O3b FM25) |
58346 | 2023-175A | 12 November 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | In transit to MEO |
O3b mPOWER 6 (O3b FM26) |
58347 | 2023-175B | 12 November 2023 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | In transit to MEO |
O3b mPOWER 7 (O3b FM28) |
H2 2024 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |||
O3b mPOWER 8 (O3b FM28) |
H2 2024 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |||
O3b mPOWER 9 (O3b FM29) |
2025 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |||
O3b mPOWER 10 (O3b FM30) |
2025 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |||
O3b mPOWER 11 (O3b FM31) |
2025 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | |||
O3b mPOWER 12 (O3b FM32) |
2026 | ||||
O3b mPOWER 13 (O3b FM33) |
2026 |
Third-party satellites
[edit]SES also manages some transponders on a few third-party satellites under joint operating agreements.
- Legend
- Active fleet
Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date | Launch vehicle | Comments |
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Ciel-2 | 129° W | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus 4000C4 | 32 Ku-band transponders HDTV for North America |
10 December 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | |
MonacoSAT | 52° E | Thales Alenia Space | Spacebus 4000C2 | 12 Ku-band transponders HDTV for Middle East and North Africa |
27 April 2015 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | Satellite shared with the Turkmenistan National Space Agency |
QuetzSat 1 | 77° W | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 32 Ku-band transponders HDTV for Mexico, USA and Central America. |
29 September 2011 | Proton-M/Briz-M | |
Yahsat 1A | 52.5° E | EADS Astrium | Eurostar E3000 | 14 active C-band transponders, 25 Ku-band, 21 secure Ka-band Broadcast TV for Europe, Middle East, North Africa |
22 April 2011 | Ariane 5 ECA |
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