SES 8 at 95° E
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 95° EChannel line-up at 95° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 39460
- COSPAR number
- 2013-071A
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 03 Dec 2013 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Falcon 9 v1.1
- Launch mass
- 3138 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 12248.5, 11198.5
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band South Asia beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South East Asia beam (Ku band) View footprint
About SES 8
24 active Ku-band transponders of 36 or 54 Mhz capacity switchable amongst 33 channels and 2 beams to provide communication services to South Asia and Indo-China regions. Certain channels in each beam are cross-strapped to multiple frequency bands, enabling flexibility for new services. In the addition, the spacecraft features a Ka-band payload