SES-10
| Mission type | Communications |
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| Operator | SES |
| Website | SES-10 Page |
| Mission duration | 15 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Eurostar E3000 |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Launch mass | 5,300 kg (11,700 lb) |
| Power | 13 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Late March 2017 (planned) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 full thrust |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 67° West (Intended) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 60 Ku band |
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SES-10, is a geostationary communications satellite to be operated by SES and is designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar E3000 platform. It will be positioned on the 67° West position thanks to an agreement with the Andean Community to use the Simon Bolivar 2 satellite network.
It will have a pure Ku band payload with 60 transponders to offer Direct-to-home broadcasting and enterprise and broadband connectivity. Its three wide beams will cover Mexico and the Caribbean, Brazil, and Spanish speaking South America.
After several delays, it is now tentatively slated to launch in late March, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust, the first ever to re-use a first stage.
SES-10 is based on the three axis stabilized Eurostar E3000 satellite bus. It will mass around 5.3 t (5.8 tons), produce 13 kW of power and have a design life of 15 years.
It will use a hybrid approach for spacecraft propulsion, using bi-propellant propulsion for orbit raising and electric propulsion for station keeping. Its electrical system will use Hall-effect thruster with a Xenon regulator and feed system supplied by Airbus Safran Launchers. The same company supplied fourteen 10 N (2.2 lbf) S10-21 thrusters for the reaction control system, plus 17 pyrovalves and 13 fill and drain valves.
Its payload is composed of 60 Ku band transponders arranged in three wide beams. The first beam will cover Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the second beam will cover Hispanic South America, and the third beam will be dedicated to Brazil.
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