SES-6

SES-6 is a commercial geostationary communication satellite owned and operated by SES

Launch Constructed by EADS Astrium, it was launched on 3 June 2013 at 09:18:31 UTC from Baikonour by Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle and carries 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders. With 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band 36 MHz equivalent transponders (38 C-band and 36 Ku-band physical transponders), the satellite has a design life of 15 years. It is built on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus.

Market The SES-6 satellite replaces the aging NSS-806 (launched on 28 February 1998 as Intelsat 806). It is nearly twice as large as NSS-806, with two C-band beams and has a total of five steerable Ku-band beams, including four beams for the Americas and one beam covering the Atlantic Ocean region. The C-band beams cover the East Atlantic (Europe, North Africa) and West Atlantic (United States, Mexico, South America). The Ku-band beams cover East Atlantic (Europe, Iceland, Greenland), West Atlantic (Eastern United States, Eastern Canada) and Brazil.

SES-6 gave the cable community 50% more C-band capacity than NSS-806, while retaining the ability to deliver content across the Americas and Europe using the same high-powered beam. In addition, SES-6 increased Ku-band capacity in the Americas through dedicated high-power beams over Brazil, the South Cone, the Andean region, North America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The satellite also carries a payload designed to support maritime and aeronautical communications along routes between North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Atlantic, and Europe..

Following the launch, SES announced a long-term capacity agreement to provide a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Brazil with Brazilian telecommunications group Oi, which would become the largest user of the new satellite.

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