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SES-8
Sign in to saveSES-8 is a geostationary Communications satellite operated by SES SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 2013, 22:41:00 UTC.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- SES-8
- Spaceflight.image
- Falcon 9 carrying SES-8 (08).jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES-8 communications satellite launches from Cape Canaveral SLC-40.
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communication
- Spaceflight.operator
- SES
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2013-071A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 39460
- Spaceflight.website
- https://www.ses.com/
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 15 years (planned) (elapsed)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- GEOStar-2
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- STAR-2.4
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
- Spaceflight.power
- 5 kW
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 3 December 2013, 22:41:00 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Canaveral, SLC-40
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- SpaceX
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Satellite description
- Specifications
- Launch vehicle
- Second-stage reignition
- Prelaunch
- Launch attempts
- See also
- References
SES-8 is a geostationary Communications satellite operated by SES SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 2013, 22:41:00 UTC.
It was the first flight of any SpaceX launch vehicle to a supersynchronous transfer orbit, an orbit with a somewhat larger apogee than the more usual geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) typically utilised for communication satellites.