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SES-18
Communications satellite. SES-18 was launched on March 17, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-038ANORAD 55970Luxembourg
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SES 18
- Common name
- SES-18
- Payload designation
- SES-18
- International designator
- 2023-038A
- NORAD catalog number
- 55970
- GCAT identifier
- S55970
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SES
- Owner
- SES
- Country
- Luxembourg
- Builder
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (SSG)
- Platform (bus)
- Geostar-3
Launch
- Date
- March 17, 2023 · 23:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-038Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,709 km
- Apogee
- 35,718 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 17, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,605 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,139 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 23.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q117198188 (CC0).