SES-15 | |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | SES |
Cospar Id: | 2017-026A |
Satcat: | 42709 |
Website: | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (elapsed) |
Spacecraft: | SES-15 |
Spacecraft Type: | Boeing 702 |
Spacecraft Bus: | BSS-702P |
Manufacturer: | Boeing Satellite Systems |
Launch Date: | 18 May 2017, 11:54:53 UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz ST-A / Fregat-M |
Launch Site: | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELS |
Launch Contractor: | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
Entered Service: | July 2017 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 129° West |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | Ku-band, Ka-band, Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS-GEO 6) |
Trans Coverage: | North America, Latin America, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean region |
Programme: | SES constellation |
Previous Mission: | SES-14 |
Next Mission: | SES-16 |
SES-15 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES and designed and manufactured by Boeing Satellite Systems. It has a mass of and has a design life of at least 15 years.[1]