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SES7
Telecommunications satellite. SES7 was launched on May 16, 2009 aboard a Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (December 2009).
COSPAR 2009-027ANORAD 34941Bermuda
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Protostar 2
- Common name
- SES7
- Payload designation
- Indostar II/Protostar II
- International designator
- 2009-027A
- NORAD catalog number
- 34941
- GCAT identifier
- S34941
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Protostar
- Owner
- ProtostarLtd
- Country
- Bermuda
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- May 16, 2009 · 00:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-027Success
- Rocket
- Proton-M/Briz-M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- December 2009
- Last known active
- Feb 6, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,905 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 4.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2205821 (CC0).