ILS / ROSCOSMOS - SES-6 Launch Mission poster.
03.06.2013
Launch of the Proton-M with the spacecraft SES-6
June 3 at 13 h 18 min. Moscow time from the launch complex area 200 Baikonur calculations of rocket launchers and space industry in Russia is produced launch Vehicle (ILV) Proton-M with the upper stage (RB) Breeze-M, and telecommunications spacecraft (SC) SES-6.
Launch of the Proton-M with the spacecraft SES-6
In accordance with the cyclogram flight 13 hours 28 min. MSK head unit in the Republic of Belarus Breeze-M and the SC SES-6, separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle.
Further jettison of the spacecraft to the target orbit at the end fuel of the propulsion upper stage.
Satellite Use:
SES-6 satellite
SES-6 is a multipurpose satellite built by Astrium and will be replacing NSS-806 at 319.5° east to provide significant capacity expansion over North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Atlantic Ocean region. The satellite’s expanded Ku-band payload will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programs throughout Latin America. The C-band payload will add incremental capacity to support channel growth at this key cable neighborhood.
Satellite Statistics:
- 43 C-band 36 MHz equivalent transponders
- 48 Ku-band 36 MHz equivalent transponders
- Planned orbital location: 319.5° east longitude
- Anticipated service life: 15 years
Press Release from ROSCOSMOS: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=20130
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO)/ ILS / Astrium / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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