SES 6

S2870

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General

Designation	39172 / 13026A
Launch date	3 Jun 2013
Country of origin	Netherlands
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	40.5°W
Launch vehicle	Proton #848

Tested at 26°W. To replace NSS 806

Owned by SES Satellite Leasing Ltd (IOM) and leased to SES World Skies (NL), but registered by NL to the UN.

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Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

C-band East hemi
C-band West hemi
Ku-band Andean
Ku-band Brasil
Ku-band West Atlantic
Ku-band East Atlantic
Ku-band North America

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Astrium
Platform	Eurostar-E3000
Mass at launch	6100 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array	40 m deployed
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	EOL: 13 kW
Design lifetime	15 years

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C-band

Main transponders	38 (43 is 36-MHz equivalent)
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	Americas & Europe
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization
Frequencies	downlink: 3.7-4.2 GHz uplink: 5.925-6.425 GHz

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Ku-band

Main transponders	36 (48 in 36-MHz equivalent)
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	Brazil, South cone, the Andean region, North America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean + 4 steerable beam in Americas and 1 steerable beam for Europe
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization
Frequencies	downlink: 11.7-12.2 GHz uplink: 14.0-14.5 GHz

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