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SES-15
42709. SES-15 was launched on May 18, 2017 aboard a Soyuz-ST-A from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-026ANORAD 42709United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SES-15
- International designator
- 2017-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42709
- GCAT identifier
- S42709
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/857
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SES
- Owner
- SES Sat. Leasing
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702SP
Launch
- Date
- May 18, 2017 · 11:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-026Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-A
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 8,099 km
- Apogee
- 39,359 km
- Inclination
- 3.27°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 24, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,302 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 40.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q25449599 (CC0).