SES-10
Falcon 9 Flight 32, a retrofitted orbital class rocket, launching SES-10. | |
| Names | Simón Bolivar-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | SES |
| COSPAR ID | 2017-017A |
| SATCAT no. | 42432 |
| Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 8 years, 2 months, 19 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Eurostar |
| Bus | Eurostar-3000 |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Launch mass | 5,282 kg (11,645 lb) |
| Power | 13 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 March 2017, 22:27:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Entered service | 15 May 2017 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 67° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 55 Ku-band |
| Bandwidth | 36 Mhz |
| Coverage area | Central America, Caribbean, South America, Brazil |
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SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite awarded in February 2014, owned and operated by SES and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It is positioned at the 67° West position thanks to an agreement with the Andean Community to use the Simón Bolivar-2 satellite network. It replaces AMC-3 and AMC-4 to provide enhanced coverage and significant capacity expansion.
The satellite has a pure Ku-band payload with 55 transponders offering direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting and enterprise and broadband connectivity. Its three wide beams cover Mexico and the Caribbean, Brazil, and Spanish-speaking South America.
After several delays, SES-10 was launched on 30 March 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust. The launch marked the first time in aerospace history that an orbital-class first stage was successfully reused. The first stage was recovered for a second time, setting another record. A third record comes from a successful splashdown of the payload fairings.