SES-5
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SES-5 (also known as Astra 4B and Sirius 5) is a commercial geostationary communication satellite operated by SES It was launched on 9 July 2012. The launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS).
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Mass
- 6086
- Manufacturer
- Lanteris Space Systems
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Proton-M
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2012-07-09
- space tug
- Briz-M
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- spacecraft bus
- Lanteris 1300
- service life
- 15
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- EGNOS payload
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SES-5 (also known as Astra 4B and Sirius 5) is a commercial geostationary communication satellite operated by SES It was launched on 9 July 2012. The launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS).
== History == In October 2008, SES Sirius AB of Sweden (then 90% owned by SES and prior to 2003 called Nordic Satellite AB) ordered the Sirius 5 satellite from Space Systems/Loral. Following full acquisition by SES in 2010, SES Sirius was renamed SES Astra (a subsidiary of SES) and the satellite renamed Astra 4B. In 2011, SES Astra was merged back into SES and the satellite renamed SES-5.
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