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SES-9
Geostationary communications satellite. SES-9 was launched on March 4, 2016 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-013ANORAD 41380United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SES-9
- International designator
- 2016-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41380
- GCAT identifier
- S41380
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/787
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-702HP
Launch
- Date
- March 4, 2016 · 23:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-013Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,271 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 7.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 44.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q22712186 (CC0).