SES-4 | |
Names List: | NSS-14 |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | SES New Skies / SES |
Cospar Id: | 2012-007A |
Satcat: | 38087 |
Website: | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (elapsed) |
Spacecraft: | NSS-14 |
Spacecraft Bus: | SSL-1300 |
Manufacturer: | Space Systems/Loral |
Power: | 20 kW[1] |
Launch Date: | 14 February 2012, 19:36:37 UTC[2] |
Launch Rocket: | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Launch Contractor: | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered Service: | April 2012 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit[3] |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 22° West |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 124 transponders: 52 C-band 72 Ku-band |
Trans Bandwidth: | 36 MHz |
Trans Coverage: | North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, West Africa |
Programme: | SES constellation |
Previous Mission: | SES-3 |
Next Mission: | SES-5 |
SES-4 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies (now SES).
SES-4 was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), and is based on the SSL-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 52 C-band, and 72 Ku-band transponders, and at launch it had a mass of . It has a design life of fifteen years.[4]
It was launched on 14 February 2012, at 19:36:37 UTC on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, the launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS), since Baikonour, Site 200/39.[4]
It is positioned at 22° West orbital location over Atlantic Ocean, replacing NSS-7.[4]