![]() SES-14 with GOLD (bottom left of spacecraft) | |
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SES |
COSPAR ID | 2018-012B |
SATCAT no. | 43175 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 6 years, 6 months, 24 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
Bus | Eurostar-3000EOR |
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
Launch mass | 4,423 kg (9,751 lb) |
Payload mass | 36.8 kg (81 lb) GOLD[1] |
Dimensions | 7 m x 5.4 m x 2.7 m |
Power | 16 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 January 2018, 22:20 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA, VA241 |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Entered service | September 2018 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 47.5° West |
Transponders | |
Band | C-band |
Coverage area | Latin America, Caribbean, North America, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa |
SES-14 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES at 47.5° West, replaces NSS-806, and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. The satellite launched on 25 January 2018 at 22:20 UTC along with the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument from NASA.[2] It has a mass of 4,423 kg (9,751 lb) and has a design life of at least 15 years.[3]
The craft hosts a secondary payload for NASA named the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument.