SES-6

SES -6 is a commercial communications satellite in the SES WORLD SKIES Netherlands.

He was taken on June 3, 2013 at 09:18 UTC clock with a Proton-M/Bris-M-Trägerrakete from the rocket launch site Baikonur in Kazakhstan into geostationary orbit and to replace NSS -806. The launch vehicle put the satellite in an unusual, so-called super -synchronous geostationary transfer orbit from the Inklinationswechsel particularly fuel efficient are possible. The perigee was the separation of the satellite at 4,480 kilometers, the apogee at 65,000 km and the orbital inclination to the equator at 26.7 °.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 48 Ku-band and 43 C-band transponders and will of the 40.5 ° West of North and Latin America, Europe and the Atlantic region with broadcasting services of the next generation, including HD - video transmission and mobile communication services position supply. It was built on the basis of the satellite bus Euro Star 3000 EADS Astrium and has a design life of 15 years. The contract for the construction of the satellite was completed on 18 May 2010.