This is a list of satellites operated by SES.Orbital data for the geostationary satellites can be accessed here
AMC fleet The AMC fleet was originally operated by GE Americom, acquired by SES Global in 2001. Americom was also operating the older Satcom fleet, whose last operating spacecraft were fully retired in the early 2000s.
Satellite Location Manufacturer Model Coverage Launch date Launch vehicle Comments AMC-4135° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America)24+4 Ku-band, 110 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America) Ariane 44LP On 5 August 2022, replaced by the SES 22 satellite. AMC-6139° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 24 C-band, 20 watts(CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America)24+4 Ku-band, 110 watts(CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) Proton-K/DM-2 AMC-8135° W Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Ariane 5G On 5 August 2022, AMC 8 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 22 satellite. AMC-11131° W Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Atlas 2AS On 1 December 2022, AMC 11 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 21 satellite. AMC-15105° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 24 Ku-band,(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)12 Ka-band,(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Proton-M/Briz-M AMC-1685° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 24 Ku-band,(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean)12 Ka-band,(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Atlas V (521) AMC-1883° W Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Ariane 5 ECA Replaced AMC-2 previously at 105° W. AMC-21125° W Thales Alenia Space/Orbital Sciences STAR-2 24 Ku-band, 110 watts(USA, Southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Ariane 5 ECA AMC-1131° W Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 12–14 watts(USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada)24 Ku-band, 60watts(USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) Atlas 2A AMC-2 drifting Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 12–18 watts(USA, Mexico, Canada)24 Ku-band, 60 watts(CONUS, Northern Mexico, Canada) Ariane 4L was co-located with AMC-4 AMC-387° W Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 12–18 watts(USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean)24 Ku-band, 60 watts(USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) Atlas 2AS AMC-5 drifting Alcatel Space Spacebus 2000 16 Ku-band, 55 watts(CONUS, South Canada, Northern Mexico) Ariane 4L Retired in May 2014. AMC-7 drifting Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Ariane 5G Backup to AMC-10 AMC-9 drifting Alcatel Space Spacebus 3000B3 24 C-band, 20 watts,(CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America)24 Ku-band, 110 watts(CONUS, Mexico) Proton-K/Briz-M Anomaly on-orbit, satellite lost control and appeared to be breaking apart. AMC-10 drifting Lockheed Martin A2100A 24 C-band, 20 watts(USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) Atlas 2AS AMC-1461.5° W Lockheed Martin A2100 32 Ku-band, 150 watts Proton-M/Briz-M Wrong orbit
Astra fleet
NSS fleet This fleet came from the acquisition of New Skies Satellites in 2005, which itself had inherited 5 satellites from Intelsat in 1998.
Satellite Location Manufacturer Model Coverage Launch date Launch vehicle Comments NSS-6169.5° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 50 Ku-band transponders to cover Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East and 12 Ka-band super high gain uplink beamsDTH services to Asia, especially India. Ariane 4L NSS-720° W Lockheed Martin A2100AX 36 C-Band and 36 Ku-band transpondersVideo broadcast covering South America and Africa Ariane 4L Originally at 22°W NSS-9177° W Orbital Sciences STAR-2. 44 C-band transpondersPacific Ocean: transcontinental video, voice and Internet; local service to Pacific islands Ariane 5 flight V187 NSS-1037.5° W Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000C3 49 C-band transpondersAmericas, Europe and Africa; telecom and VSAT operators. Proton-M/Briz-M Formerly known as AMC-12/Astra 4A NSS-11176° E Lockheed Martin A2100AX 28 Ku-band transpondersDTH voice, video and data in India, China and Philippines. Proton-K/DM-2M Formerly known as AAP-1, GE 1A or WorldSat-1 NSS-1257° E Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 40 C-band and 48 Ku-band active high-power transpondersMobile backhaul services over the Middle East and Europe, Central and South Asia and East Africa. Ariane 5 ECA NSS-550.5° E Lockheed Martin AS-7000 38 C-band, 12 Ku-bandPacific Ocean region, shared capacity with Intelsat. Ariane 42L Formerly known as NSS-803, launched as Intelsat 803. Moved from 183° E to 57° E to cover NSS-703's service area until NSS-12 launched on 29 October 2009. Moved to 22° W and then 20° W as part of a swapout plan with NSS-7 and SES-4 that was to be completed by June 2012. Finally moved to 50.5° E in September 2012. NSS-513177° W Ford Aerospace Ariane 2 Launched as Intelsat 513. Retired NSS-70347° W Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 Originally at 57° E. Atlas 2AS Traffic moved to NSS-12 in January 2010, satellite retired in October 2014. NSS-80647° W Lockheed Martin AS-7000 28 C-band and 3 Ku-band transponders to cover Latin America, Iberian peninsula, Canary Islands, Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe. Atlas 2AS Launched as Intelsat 806 at 40.5° W. Replaced by SES-6 in June 2013 and moved to 47° WEuropean beams retired, remaining C-band Hemi beam and Ku-band Spot beam cover South America only NSS-K183° E Lockheed Martin AS-5000 Originally at 21.5° W. Atlas 2A Retired NSS-857° E (planned) Boeing BSS-702 Zenit-3SL Rocket exploded on pad.
SES fleet
Satellite Location Manufacturer Model Coverage Launchdate Launchvehicle Comments SES-1101° W Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR-2 24 C-band,(USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America)24 Ku-band,(USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) Proton-M / Briz-M Replaced AMC-2, AMC-4 previously at 101° W. SES-287° W Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR-2 24 C-band,(USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America)24 Ku-band,(USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) Ariane 5 ECA Replaced AMC-3 previously at 87° W. SES-3103° W Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR-2 24 C-band,(USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America)24 Ku-band,(USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) Proton-M / Briz-M Entering commercial service in March 2012. SES-422° W Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 52 C-band, 72 Ku-band Proton-M / Briz-M Entering commercial service in April 2012. Formerly known as NSS-14. SES-55° E Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 24 C-band, 36 Ku-band,Europe, Africa and the Middle East.Two Ku-band beams targeting Nordic/Baltic regions, and sub-Saharan Africa. Proton-M / Briz-M Entering commercial service summer 2012. Formerly called Astra 4B. SES-640.5° W Astrium Eurostar E3000 43 C-band, 48 Ku-band.(North America, Latin America, Europe, Atlantic Ocean) Proton-M / Briz-M Replaced NSS-806 SES-7108.2° E Boeing Satellite Systems Boeing 601HP 22 Ku-band, 10 S-band.(South Asia, Asia Pacific) Proton-M / Briz-M Formerly known as IndoStar 2 / ProtoStar 2. SES-895° E Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR-2 Up to 33 Ku-band.(South Asia, Asia Pacific) Falcon 9 v1.1 First Falcon 9 launch to a geostationary orbit. SES-9108.2° E Boeing Satellite Systems Boeing 702HP 81 Ku-band.(South Asia, Asia Pacific)from position 108.2° ESES-9 webpage, SES.com, accessed 19 January 2016 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Second launch of Falcon 9 Full Thrust. Co-located with the SES-7 satellite. SES-1067° W Airbus Defence and Space Eurostar E3000 60 Ku-band(Latin America) Falcon 9 Full Thrust SES-11 / EchoStar 105105° W Airbus Defence and Space Eurostar E3000 24 Ku-band, 24 C-band(North America, Latin America and the Caribbean) Falcon 9 Full Thrust Replaced AMC-15 and AMC-18 SES-1295° E Airbus Defence and Space Eurostar E3000 54 Ku-band(South Asia, Asia-Pacific) Falcon 9 Full Thrust Replaced NSS-6; co-located with SES-8 SES-1447.5° W Airbus Defence and Space Eurostar E3000 20 Ku-band HTS, 28 C-band(Americas and North Atlantic) Ariane 5 ECA Will replace NSS-806 and add capacity. Hosts NASA's Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument payload. SES-15129° W Boeing Satellite Systems Boeing 702SP 16 Ku-band(North America, Latin America, Caribbean) Soyuz-STA / Fregat-M Combines wide beams and HTS multi-spot beams SES-16 / GovSat-121.5° E Orbital ATK GEOStar-3 Military X-band and Ka-band Falcon 9 Full Thrust Communications services for the government of Luxembourg SES-1767.1° W Thales Alenia Space Spacebus Neo High Throughput Ka-band Ariane 5 ECA Connectivity services over the Americas optimized for commercial aviation. In position and fully operational June 2022.SES-17 Ka-Band Satellite is Now Operational Via Satellite. 16 June 2022. Accessed 27 June 2022 SES-18103° W Northrop Grumman GEOStar 3 C-band Falcon 9 Block 5 Entered service in June 2023, replacing SES-3. SES-19135° W Northrop Grumman GEOStar 3 C-band Falcon 9 Block 5 SES-20103° W Boeing Boeing 702SP C-band Atlas V 531 SES-21131° W Boeing Boeing 702SP C-band Atlas V 531 On 1 December 2022, it began operations and replaced the AMC 11 satellite.SES-22135° W Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000B2 C-band SpaceX launches SES-22 C-band replacement satellite Space News. 29 June 2022. Accessed 29 June 2022 Falcon 9 Block 5On 5 August 2022, it began operations and replaced the AMC 8 satellite. SES-23 Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-4000B2 C-band Unknown SES-2419.2° E Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-NEO 200 Ku-band Falcon 9 Block 5 Also known as Astra 1P SES-2519.2° E Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-NEO 200 Ku-band TBA Also known as Astra 1Q SES-26 Thales Alenia Space Space Inspire Ku-band, C-Band
O3b fleet The O3b fleet was initially owned and operated by O3b Networks, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of SES in 2016SES Completes Acquisition of 100% of O3b Networks Business Wire. 1 August 2016. Accessed 28 September 2020 Orbiting in Medium Earth orbit (MEO), the first generation satellites are sometimes referred to as "O3b MEO" to more clearly distinguish them from the second generation O3b mPOWER constellation - first launched in 2016, and commenced service in 2024.SES’ O3b mPOWER MEO System is Now Operational, Service Rollout to Follow Via Satellite. 24 April 2024. Accessed 20 January 2025