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SES-16/GovSat-1
Geostationary communications satellite. SES-16/GovSat-1 was launched on January 31, 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-013ANORAD 43178Luxembourg
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GovSat-1
- Common name
- SES-16/GovSat-1
- Payload designation
- SES-16
- Other names
- SES-16
- International designator
- 2018-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43178
- GCAT identifier
- S43178
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.432
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SES
- Owner
- LuxGovSat
- Country
- Luxembourg
- Builder
- Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Platform (bus)
- Geostar-3
Launch
- Date
- January 31, 2018 · 21:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-013Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.11°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 1, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 22.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q19698450 (CC0).