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SES-8
Geostationary communications satellite. SES-8 was launched on December 3, 2013 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2013-071ANORAD 39460United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SES-8
- International designator
- 2013-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39460
- GCAT identifier
- S39460
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/1072
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
- December 3, 2013 · 22:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-071Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 395 km
- Apogee
- 79,325 km
- Inclination
- 20.51°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 10, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,138 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 18.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7389860 (CC0).