ILS / ROSCOSMOS - SES-5 poster.
July 9, 2012
Preparations to launch Proton-M rocket
Today at 6:38pm GMT - SES-5 launch with an ILS Proton-M rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
liftoff of the Proton M Breeze M rocket and the SES-5 satellite
SES’ high-powered Ku-band beams will bring incremental capacity over Africa, and the Nordic and Baltic countries to support DTH services. Its comprehensive C-band beams cover Africa, the Middle East and Europe to enable services such as GSM backhaul, VSAT applications, maritime communications and video distribution. SES-5 will also carry the first hosted L-band payload for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The EGNOS payload, which was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC), will help verify, improve, and report on the reliability and accuracy of navigation positioning signals in Europe.
SES-5 satellite
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, lift off from Pad 24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the SES-5 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the SES-5 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geostationary transfer orbit. Separation of the SES-5 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff.
For more information about the Mission SES-5, visit: http://www.ilslaunch.com/mission-control/mission-ses-5
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