39460 - SES 8

SES-8 features 33 high-power Ku-band (36 MHz-equivalent) transponders and is co-positioned with the NSS-6 satellite at the orbital location of 95 degrees East. SES-8 is a medium-sized satellite with beams focused on South Asia (India) and Indo-China (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos) to support existing DTH customers with back-up and growth transponder capacity. The spacecraft will be built on Orbital's flight-proven STAR spacecraft platform and will generate approximately 5.0 kilowatts of payload power.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2013-12-03
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 3170.0 kg