Communications
SES-7 (PROTOSTAR 2)
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 34941
SES-7 (PROTOSTAR 2) is a SES S.A. communications satellite, launched on May 16, 2009 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 16, 2009 at 12:57 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Mission
- SES-7
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,789 km
- Periapsis
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,905 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 4.1 × 3.6 × 3.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 34941
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Operational