| SES-3 is a communications satellite operated by SES Americom (later SES World Skies. Now, SES).
Names | AMC ground spare OS-2 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES Americom / SES |
COSPAR ID | 2011-035A |
SATCAT no. | 37748 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 13 years, 3 months, 12 days (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 | 5 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 July 2011, 23:16:10 UTC[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 | 48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | North America |
SES-3 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), and is based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus. It is equipped with 24 C-band, and 24 Ku-band transponders, 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 23:16:10 UTC on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, the launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS), since Baikonour, Site 200/39 alongside the KazSat-2 satellite.
It is positioned at 103.0° West orbital location over North America, replacing AMC-1. Clients include E. W. Scripps Company, In Demand, Pay-per-view, Ion Television, Mood Media, NBC and QVC.[4]