Operator SES SATCAT no. 39172 Manufacturer Astrium | COSPAR ID 2013-026A Mission duration 15 years Launch date 3 June 2013 | |
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Launch mass 6,010 kilograms (13,250 lb) Similar Intelsat 11, Star One C2, Amazonas 3, Intelsat 21, Star One C1 | ||
SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES.
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Constructed by EADS Astrium, it was launched on June 3, 2013 and carries 48 Ku-band and 43 C-band transponders.
Ses 6 pre launch
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The SES-6 satellite replaces the aging NSS 806 (launched in February 1998 as Intelsat 806). It is nearly twice as large as NSS-806, with two C-band beams and three for the Ku-band. The C-band beams cover the east Atlantic (Europe, North Africa) and west Atlantic (USA, Mexico, South America). The Ku-band beams cover east Atlantic (Europe, Iceland, Greenland), west Atlantic (Greenland, east USA, east Canada) and Brazil.
In Ku-band, SES-6 will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programmes throughout Latin America. The C-band payload will offer 50% more C-band capacity for the cable community, and retain the capability to distribute content between the Americas and Europe on the same high powered beam.
Following the launch, SES announced a long-term capacity agreement to provide a new direct to home (DTH) platform in Brazil with Brazilian telecommunication group Oi, which would become the largest user of the new satellite.