SES-1

  • Two groups of 16 -for -12 linearized TWTA in the Ku- band
  • A 2 -for- 1 Ka-band TWTA
  • Each 90 W RF ( Ku band )
  • 39 W RF

SES -1 is a commercial communications satellite of Dutch satellite operator SES World Skies.

He was on 24 April 2010 at 17:19 local time clock brought ( 13:19 clock CET) into space on a Proton Briz- M rocket from the Baikonur launch site. Eight hours and 58 minutes after launch, the satellite was separated from the upper stage of the Proton / Bris M and exposed in a geostationary orbit. SES-1 is the 42nd satellite global SES fleet, but the first of whose name bears (initial as AMC 4R, then referred to as AMC or AMC 1R 5RR ). Still in the year to follow in 2011 with SES -2 and SES - 3, two identical satellites.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 24 active C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders. Six of the channels in each band can be performed via cross to the opposite band (cross- strapping ). He has a net power of about 5 kW and is equipped with two retractable reflectors of 2.3 meters in diameter. He will supply the position of 101 degrees West of North America with television and the Internet, where it replaces the operational satellite AMC -2 and AMC- fourth It was built on the basis of the STAR 2.4e - satellite bus Orbital Sciences Corporation, launched by International Launch Services (ILS ) and has a design life of more than 15 years.

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