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SES-10

SES-10
Falcon 9 Flight 32, world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket, launching SES-10.
NamesSimón Bolivar-2
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorSES
COSPAR ID2017-017A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.42432
Websitehttps://www.ses.com/
Mission duration15 years (planned)
7 years, 7 months, 17 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeEurostar
BusEurostar-3000[1]
ManufacturerAirbus Defence and Space
Launch mass5,282 kg (11,645 lb) [2]
Power13 kW
Start of mission
Launch date30 March 2017, 22:27:00 UTC[3]
RocketFalcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
Entered service15 May 2017
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude67° West
Transponders
Band55 Ku-band
Bandwidth36 Mhz
Coverage areaCentral America, Caribbean, South America, Brazil
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SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite awarded in February 2014, owned and operated by SES and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus.[4][5] It is positioned at the 67° West position thanks to an agreement with the Andean Community to use the Simón Bolivar-2 satellite network.[6][7][8] It replaces AMC-3 and AMC-4 to provide enhanced coverage and significant capacity expansion.[6]

The satellite has a pure Ku-band payload with 55 transponders offering direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting and enterprise and broadband connectivity. Its three wide beams cover Mexico and the Caribbean, Brazil, and Spanish-speaking South America.[5][8]

After several delays, SES-10 was launched on 30 March 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. The launch marked the first time in aerospace history that an orbital-class first stage was successfully reused. The first stage was recovered for a second time, setting another record.[9][10] A third record comes from a successful splashdown of the payload fairings.

  1. ^ "SpaceX conducts historic Falcon 9 re-flight with SES-10 – Lands booster again". NASASpaceFlight.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "SpaceX's reusability effort faces one more big challenge". Space Intel Report. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Trajectory: SES-10 2017-017A". NASA. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference gsp-ses10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference satbeams-ses10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ses-satelliteses10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference airbusds-pr20140220 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ses-pr20140220 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference ses-pr20160830 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference spaceflightnow-20160830satlsofpf9r was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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