SES-11

Overview

SES-11 / EchoStar 105

names list	EchoStar 105
mission type	Communications
operator	SES / EchoStar
cospar id	2017-063A
satcat	42967
website	https://www.ses.com/
mission duration	15 years (planned) (elapsed)
spacecraft	SES-11 / EchoStar 105
spacecraft type	Eurostar
spacecraft bus	Eurostar-3000
manufacturer	Airbus Defence and Space
launch mass	5400 kg‡R1R‡‡R2R‡
power	12 kW
launch date	11 October 2017, 22:53:00 UTC
launch rocket	Falcon 9 Full Thrust (s/n B1031.2)
launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
launch contractor	SpaceX
entered service	29 November 2017
orbit reference	Geocentric orbit
orbit regime	Geostationary orbit
orbit longitude	105° West
apsis	gee
trans band	48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band
trans bandwidth	36 MHz
trans coverage	Hawaii, North America, Latin America, Caribbean
programme	SES series
previous mission	SES-10
next mission	SES-12
programme2	EchoStar series
previous mission2	EchoStar XXI
next mission2	EchoStar XXIV

SES-11 / EchoStar 105 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES and EchoStar and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. It has a mass of 5200 kg and has a design life of at least 15 years.[3]

The spacecraft had been ready to beam television programming and video services across the Americas for SES and EchoStar. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle has placed the satellite into a high-altitude supersynchronous transfer orbit.[4]

SES-11

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