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SES-8

NORAD 39460 · Payload · In orbit since 2013

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Launched
2013-12-03 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
Country / operator
SES (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
3,138 kg
Size
4.3 × 2.3 m · 18 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,775 × 35,798 km
Inclination
0.1°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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