International Launch Services... SES-1 To Sunder The Skies On April 24th...
SES-1 is the 26th satellite in the SES WORLD SKIES fleet, which is part of the 42 spacecraft constellation of parent company SES. This communiations satellite is scheduled to launch on April 24th via a Proton M/Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodorome in Kazakhstan, from Launch Pad 39, under the auspices of International Launch Services.
The satellite replaces AMC-2 and AMC-4 at 101 degree West, delivering communications services to customers in the enterprise, government and media sectors from the center of the North American arc. The satellite powers networks encompassing thousands of VSAT terminals and delivers HD video channels that constitute part of SES WORLD SKIES’ extensive HD-PRIME television neighborhood. SES-1 is the first of a new generation of SES WORLD SKIES satellites bearing the “SES” name, joining the existing line of AMC satellites over North America and the NSS satellites covering the rest of the world.
SES-1 possesses 24 Active C- and 24 Ku-band transponders and offers a service life of 16 years. The satellite was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation and is based on the Star 2.4E bus, with a separated spacecraft mass of approximately 2,500 kg (5,622 lbs). A live webcast of the launch will start about 20 minutes prior to liftoff at
http://www.ilslaunch.com.
