Communications
SES-2
OperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 21, 2011 at 09:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat 5C & SES-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,798 km
- Periapsis
- 35,775 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,200 kg
- Power
- 5,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 18 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37809
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 9.3468 m²
- Status
- Operational
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