List of SES satellites

This is a list of satellites operated by SES S.A.

AMC Fleet

The AMC fleet was originally operated by GE Americom, acquired by SES Global in 2001. Americom was also operating the older Satcom fleet, whose last operating spacecraft were fully retired in the early 2000s.

Satellite	Location	Manufacturer	Model	Coverage	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Comments
AMC-1	103°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 12–14 watt (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada) 24 Ku-band, 60watt (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico)	September 8, 1996	Atlas IIA
AMC-2	101°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 12–18 watt (USA, Mexico, Canada) 24 Ku-band, 60watt (CONUS, Northern Mexico, Canada)	January 30, 1997	Ariane 44L	co-located with AMC-4
AMC-3	87°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 12–18 watt (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) 24 Ku-band, 60watt (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean)	September 4, 1997	Atlas IIAS
AMC-4	101°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku-band, 110 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America)	November 13, 1999	Ariane 44LP
AMC-6	72°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	24 C-band, 20 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku-band, 110 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America)	October 22, 2000	Proton-K/DM-2
AMC-8	139°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	December 19, 2000	Ariane 5G
AMC-9	83°W	Alcatel Space	Spacebus 3000B3	24 C-band, 20 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24 Ku-band, 110watt (CONUS, Mexico)	June 7, 2003	Proton-K/Briz-M[1]
AMC-10	135°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	February 5, 2004	Atlas IIAS[2]
AMC-11	131°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	May 19, 2004	Atlas IIAS[3]
AMC-15	105°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	24 Ku-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	October 15, 2004	Proton-M/Briz-M[4]
AMC-16	85°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	24 Ku-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka-band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	December 17, 2004	Atlas V (521)[5]
AMC-18	105°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	December 8, 2006	Ariane 5-ECA[6]	Replaced AMC-2 previously at 105°W
AMC-21	125°W	Thales Alenia Space / Orbital Sciences	STAR-2	24 Ku-band, 110 watt (USA, Southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	August 14, 2008	Ariane 5-ECA[7]
AMC-7	135°W	Lockheed Martin	A2100A	24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)	September 14, 2000	Ariane 5G	Backup to AMC-10[8]
AMC-5	79°W	Alcatel Space	Spacebus 2000	16 Ku-band, 55 watt (CONUS, South Canada, Northern Mexico)	October 28, 1998	Ariane 44L	Retired in May 2014[9]
AMC-14	61.5°W (planned)	Lockheed Martin	A2100	32 Ku-band, 150 watt	March 14, 2008	Proton-M/Briz-M	Wrong orbit[10]

Astra Fleet

NSS Fleet

This fleet came from the acquisition of New Skies Satellites in 2005, which itself had inherited 5 satellites from Intelsat in 1998.

Satellite	Location	Manufacturer	Model	Coverage	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Comments
NSS-5	50.5° E	Lockheed Martin	AS-7000	38 C-band, 12 Ku-band Pacific Ocean region, shared capacity with Intelsat.	September 23, 1997	Ariane 42L	Formerly known as NSS-803, launched as Intelsat 803. Moved from 183° E to 57° E to cover NSS-703's service area until NSS-12 launched Q3, 2009. Moved to 22° W and then 20° W as part of a swapout plan with NSS-7 and SES-4 that was to be completed by June 2012. Finally moved to 50.5° E in September 2012.
NSS-6	95° E	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	50 Ku-band transponders to cover Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East and 12 Ka-band super high gain uplink beams DTH services to Asia, especially India.	December 17, 2002	Ariane 44L
NSS-7	20° W	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	36 C-Band and 36 Ku-band transponders Video broadcast covering South America and Africa	16 April 2002	Ariane 44L	Originally at 22° W
NSS-806	47° W	Lockheed Martin	AS-7000	28 C-band and 3 Ku-band transponders to cover Latin America, Iberian peninsula, Canary Islands, Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe.	27 February 1998	Atlas II AS	Launched as Intelsat 806 at 40.5° W. Replaced by SES-6 in June 2013 and moved to 47° W Europeam beams retired, remaining C-band Hemi beam and Ku-band Spot beam cover South America only[11]
NSS-9	177° W	Orbital Sciences	STAR 2.[12]	44 C-band transponders Pacific Ocean: transcontinental video, voice and Internet; local service to Pacific islands	12 February 2009	Ariane 5 flight V-187[13]
NSS-10	37.5° W	Thales Alenia Space	Spacebus 4000C3	49 C-band transponders Americas, Europe and Africa; telecom and VSAT operators.	3 February 2005	Proton-M/Briz-M[14]	Formerly known as AMC-12/Astra 4A[15]
NSS-11	108.2° E	Lockheed Martin	A2100AX	28 Ku-band transponders DTH voice, video and data in India, China and Philippines.	1 October 2000	Proton-K/DM-2M	Formerly known as AAP-1, GE 1A or WorldSat-1[15]
NSS-12	57° E	Space Systems/Loral	FS-1300	40 C-band and 48 Ku-band active high-power transponders Mobile backhaul services over the Middle East and Europe, Central and South Asia and East Africa.	29 October 2009	Ariane 5 ECA[16]
NSS-513	177°W	Ford Aerospace			18 May 1988	Ariane 2	Launched as Intelsat 513. Decommissioned
NSS-703	57° E, then 47° W	Space Systems/Loral	LS-1300		6 October 1994	Atlas II AS	Traffic moved to NSS-12 in January 2010,[17] satellite retired in October 2014[18]
NSS-K	21.5° W, then 183° E	Lockheed Martin	AS-5000		9 June 1992	Atlas IIA	Decommissioned
NSS-8	Planned: 57° E	Boeing	BSS-702		30 January 2007	Zenit 3SL	Rocket exploded on pad[19]

SES Fleet

Satellite	Location	Manufacturer	Model	Coverage	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Comments
SES-1	101°W	Orbital Sciences Corporation	STAR-2	24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico)	24 April 2010	Proton-M/Briz-M[20]	Replaced AMC-2,AMC-4 previously at 101°W
SES-2	87°W	Orbital Sciences Corporation	STAR-2	24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico)	21 September 2011	Ariane 5 ECA
SES-3	103°W	Orbital Sciences Corporation	STAR-2	24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku-band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico)	15 July 2011	Proton-M/Briz-M	Entering commercial service in March 2012.
SES-4	22°W	Space Systems/Loral	LS-1300	52 C-band, 72 Ku-band	14 February 2012	Proton-M/Briz-M	Entering commercial service in April 2012. Formerly known as NSS-14.
SES-5	5°E	Space Systems/Loral	LS-1300	24 C-band, 36 Ku-band, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Two Ku-band beams targeting Nordic/Baltic regions, and sub-Saharan Africa.	10 July 2012	Proton-M/Briz-M	Entering commercial service summer 2012. Formerly called Astra 4B.
SES-6	40.5°W	Astrium	Eurostar E3000	43 C-band, 48 Ku-band. (North America, Latin America, Europe, Atlantic Ocean)	3 June 2013	Proton-M/Briz-M	Replaced NSS-806
SES-7	108.2°E	Boeing Satellite Systems	Boeing 601HP	19 Ku-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific)	16 May 2009	Proton-M/Briz-M	Formerly known as Indostar 2 / ProtoStar 2.
SES-8	95°E	Orbital Sciences Corporation	STAR-2	Up to 33 Ku-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific)	3 December 2013, 22:41 UTC	Falcon 9 v1.1	First Falcon 9 launch to a geostationary orbit.[21][22]
SES-9	108.2°E	Boeing Satellite Systems	Boeing 702HP	81 Ku-band. (South Asia, Asia Pacific) from position 108.2E[23]	4 March 2016	Falcon 9 full thrust[24][25]	Second launch of Falcon 9 full thrust. Co-located with the SES-7 satellite.
SES-10	67°W	Airbus Defence and Space	Eurostar E3000	60 Ku-band (Latin America)[26]	September 2016[27] (potentially from LC-39A)[28]	Falcon 9 full thrust	Will replace AMC-3 and AMC-4[26]
SES-11 / EchoStar 105	105°W	Airbus Defence and Space	Eurostar E3000	24 Ku-band, 24 C-band (North America, Latin America and the Caribbean)[29]	October 2016[27] (potentially from LC-39A)[28]	Falcon 9 full thrust	Will replace AMC-15 and AMC-18[29]
SES-12	95°E	Airbus Defence and Space	Eurostar E3000	54 Ku-band (South Asia, Asia-Pacific)[30]	Q4, 2017[31]	Ariane 5 ECA	Will replace NSS-6; co-located with SES-8[30]
SES-14	47.5°W	Airbus Defence and Space	Eurostar E3000	20 Ku-band HTS, 28 C-band (Americas and North Atlantic)[32]	Q4, 2017[31]	Falcon 9 full thrust	Will replace NSS-806 and add capacity[32]
SES-15	129°W	Boeing Satellite Systems	Boeing 702SP	16 Ku-band (North America, Latin America, Caribbean)[33]	Q2, 2017[31]	Ariane 5 ECA	Will combine wide beams and HTS multi-spot beams[33]
SES-16 / GovSat-1	21.5°E	Orbital ATK	GEOStar-3	Military X-band and Ka-band[34]	Q2, 2017[31]	Falcon 9 full thrust	Communications services for the government of Luxembourg[34]

SES has announced target launch dates for SES-12 (Q4, 2017), SES-14 (Q4, 2017), SES-15 (Q2, 2017), and SES-16 (Q2, 2017).^[31]

Third-party satellites

SES also manages a few third-party satellites under joint operating agreements.

Satellite	Location	Manufacturer	Model	Coverage	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Comments
Ciel-2	129°W	Thales Alenia Space	Spacebus 4000C4	32 Ku-band transponders HDTV for North America	December 10, 2008	Proton-M/Briz-M
QuetzSat 1	77°W	Space Systems/Loral	LS-1300	32 Ku-band transponders HDTV for Mexico, USA and Central America.	September 29, 2011	Proton-M/Briz-M
Yahsat 1A	52.5°E	EADS Astrium	Eurostar E3000	14 active C-band transponders, 25 Ku-band, 21 secure Ka-band Broadcast TV for Europe, Middle East, North Africa	April 22, 2011	Ariane 5 ECA

See also

• SES S.A.
• SES Americom
• SES Astra
• SES Sirius
• SES Techcom Services
• List of broadcast satellites

References

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2. "ILS Successfully Orbits AMC-10 Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. February 5, 2004.
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4. "ILS Proton Launches AMC-15 Satellite; 9th Mission in 9 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. October 15, 2004.
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    SES-11 North America Video Q4 2016
    SES-12 Asia-Pacific Video, Enterprise, Mobility Q4 2017
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