SES achieves historic milestone by launching SES-10 aboard previously used Space-X rocket

SES's first satellite fully dedicated to providing services for Latin America, it is located in the orbital position 67 degrees west.

The SES-10 satellite has been successfully launched into orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which had already been launched previously, at 6:27 p.m. local time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. SES-10 is the first commercial geostationary satellite launched on a rocket whose first stage was recovered from a previous mission.

Con una carga útil de 55 transpondedores (equivalentes de 36 MHz) de banda Ku, de los cuales 27 son incrementales en la posición orbital de 67 grados Oeste, es el primer satélite de SES totalmente dedicado a la prestación de servicios para América Latina. Los haces flexibles de alta potencia del satélite SES-10 aumentarán la capacidad de SES en la región, al suministrar conectividad directa a los hogares, empresas y servicios de conectividad móvil.

El SES-10 va a sustituir la capacidad suministrada actualmente por otros satélites de SES a 67 grados oeste, además de ampliar la capacidad para México, América Central, América del Sur y El Caribe.

According to the agreement with the member countries of the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru), the satellite will operate as the Simón Bolívar 2 of the Andean Community, providing satellite capacity for each Andean country. The Andean satellite project comes from the interests of the Member States with the purpose of having a common satellite network, thus taking advantage of the Andean spectrum resources of the orbital position of 67 degrees west.

Martin Halliwel, chief technology officer at SES, acknowledges that “the successful launch of SES-10 on SpaceX's first mission with a rocket it has previously launched on another mission opens a new era in space flight. We are proud of the partnership with SpaceX on this journey of innovation in the use of reusable rockets, which will increase the efficiency of access to space, in terms of costs and mission management. The additional capacity offered by the SES-10 satellite is ideal for the provision of additional television services, with better image quality, as well as faster broadband connectivity services – both of which will be enjoyed by millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean. ”.

“Estamos encantados de haber logrado el exitoso lanzamiento de un cohete reutilizable de Falcon 9. Este es un hito histórico en el camino hacia una reutilización completa y rápida. Nos complace haber logrado este hito con SES, que ha sido un fuerte apoyo de SpaceX y la innovación durante años”, aseguró por su parte Gwynne Shotwell, presidente y COO de SpaceX.

El satélite SES-10 fue construido por Airbus Defence & Space basado en la plataforma Eurostar E3000.Utilizará un sistema de propulsión eléctrica por plasma en las maniobras en órbita, y un sistema químico para la primera puesta en órbita y algunas maniobras en órbita.

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