SES-11 / EchoStar 105 | |
Names List: | EchoStar 105 |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | SES / EchoStar |
Cospar Id: | 2017-063A |
Satcat: | 42967 |
Website: | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (elapsed) |
Spacecraft: | SES-11 / EchoStar 105 |
Spacecraft Type: | Eurostar |
Spacecraft Bus: | Eurostar-3000 |
Manufacturer: | Airbus Defence and Space |
Launch Mass: | [1] [2] |
Power: | 12 kW |
Launch Date: | 11 October 2017, 22:53:00 UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Falcon 9 Full Thrust (s/n B1031.2) |
Launch Site: | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Launch Contractor: | SpaceX |
Entered Service: | 29 November 2017 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 105° West |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band |
Trans Bandwidth: | 36 MHz |
Trans Coverage: | Hawaii, North America, Latin America, Caribbean |
Programme: | SES constellation |
Previous Mission: | SES-10 |
Next Mission: | SES-12 |
SES-11 / EchoStar 105 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES and EchoStar and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. It has a mass of and has a design life of at least 15 years.[3]
The spacecraft had been ready to beam television programming and video services across the Americas for SES and EchoStar. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle has placed the satellite into a high-altitude supersynchronous transfer orbit.[4]