37748 - SES-3

SES 3, a telecommunications satellite, was launched from Baikonur on 16 July 2011 at 23:16 UT by a Proton rocket. The craft weighed 3112 kg and will replace the aging AMC 1 spacecraft. The payload includes 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders for traditional television broadcast programming and mobile data transmission, broadband Internet and private networks. SES 3 has a geosynchronous orbit of 103 degrees W longitude and a mission life of 15 years.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2011-07-15
Launch Vehicle: Proton
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 3112.0 kg