![]() Falcon 9 Flight 32, world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket, launching SES-10. | |
Names | Simón Bolivar-2 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES |
COSPAR ID | 2017-017A |
SATCAT no. | 42432 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 7 years, 5 months, 2 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
Bus | Eurostar-3000[1] |
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
Launch mass | 5,282 kg (11,645 lb) [2] |
Power | 13 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 March 2017, 22:27:00 UTC[3] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Entered service | 15 May 2017 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 67° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 55 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 Mhz |
Coverage area | Central America, Caribbean, South America, Brazil |
SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite awarded in February 2014, owned and operated by SES and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus.[4][5] It is positioned at the 67° West position thanks to an agreement with the Andean Community to use the Simón Bolivar-2 satellite network.[6][7][8] It replaces AMC-3 and AMC-4 to provide enhanced coverage and significant capacity expansion.[6]
The satellite has a pure Ku-band payload with 55 transponders offering direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting and enterprise and broadband connectivity. Its three wide beams cover Mexico and the Caribbean, Brazil, and Spanish-speaking South America.[5][8]
After several delays, SES-10 was launched on 30 March 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. The launch marked the first time in aerospace history that an orbital-class first stage was successfully reused. The first stage was recovered for a second time, setting another record.[9][10] A third record comes from a successful splashdown of the payload fairings.
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