SES-9
Sign in to saveSES-9 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES It was launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 by a Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle on 4 March 2016.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Country
- Luxembourg
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Mass
- 5330
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Development Center
- Official website
- www.ses.com/our-coverage#/explore/satellite/361
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2016-03-04
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40
- space launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- spacecraft bus
- Boeing 702
- Commons category
- Falcon 9 Flight 22
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Satellite description
- Market and coverage
- Launch operations
- Contract and scheduling
- Launch attempts
- Orbit adjustment
- Post-mission landing test
- See also
- References
- External links
SES-9 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES It was launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 by a Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle on 4 March 2016.
== Satellite description == SES-9 is a large communications satellite operating in geostationary orbit at the 108.2° East, providing communications services to Northeast Asia, South Asia and Indonesia, maritime communications for vessels in the Indian Ocean, and mobility beams for "seamless in-flight connectivity" for domestic Asian airlines of Indonesia and the Philippines.
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