Names | AMC ground spare OS-2 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | SES Americom / SES |
COSPAR ID | 2011-035A |
SATCAT no. | 37748 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 13 years, 6 months, 22 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | AMC ground spare |
Spacecraft type | GEOStar-2 |
Bus | Star-2.4 |
Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
Launch mass | 3,112 kg (6,861 lb) |
Power | 5 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 July 2011, 23:16:10 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | September 2011 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 103° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | North America |
| SES-3 is a communications satellite operated by SES Americom (later SES World Skies. Now, SES).