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SES-2
Communications satellite. SES-2 was launched on September 21, 2011 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Sep 22, 2011).
COSPAR 2011-049ANORAD 37809United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SES-2
- International designator
- 2011-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37809
- GCAT identifier
- S37809
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/632
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- SES
- Owner
- SES Sat. Leasing
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Star-2.4
Launch
- Date
- September 21, 2011 · 21:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-049Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- September 22, 2011
- Last known active
- Feb 8, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,200 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 23.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q187605 (CC0).