Communications
SES-15
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 42709
SES-15 is a SES S.A. communications satellite, launched on May 18, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 18, 2017 at 11:54 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STA Fregat →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- SES-15
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,789 km
- Periapsis
- 35,786 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.14 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,302 kg
- Design lifetime
- 18 years
- Dimensions
- 6 × 2 × 2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-026A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42709
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Status
- Operational