SES-12 - Norad Identifikationsnummer: 43488
| Name im Katalog Spacetrack | SES 12 |
| Alternative Bezeichnung | SES-12 |
| Gruppe | SES |
| Folge SES 12 | SES 12 Tracker |
| Folge der Gruppe. SES | Tracker SES |
| Flugzeiten SES 12 | Flugzeiten SES 12 |
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| Tage im Orbit | 3077 |
| Herkunftsland/-organisation | SES |
| Wir analysieren den polnischen Text, der 'Miejsce startu' lautet. | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Typ | Satellit |
| WWW | hier |
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| Perygeum | 35777 km |
| Apogäum | 35797 km |
| Neigung der Umlaufbahn (Inklination) | 0.02° |
| Runden pro Tag | 1 |
| Orbit | GEO |
| Höhe SES 12 | 35786.46 km |
SES-12 is a communication satellite, also known by its alternate name SES-12, operated by SESSA. It was manufactured by ADST and uses the Eurostar 3000e bus configuration. The satellite has dimensions of 5.4 meters in length, 3 meters in diameter, and spans 39.3 meters when fully deployed. It has a dry mass of 3000 kilograms and a launch mass of 5384 kilograms, equipped with power from two deployable solar arrays and batteries.
SES-12 was launched on June 4, 2018, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Launch Complex 40 using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Its equipment includes 68 active Ku-band transponders and 8 Ka-band transponders for communication purposes. The satellite is designed to operate for an estimated lifetime of 18 years.
The spacecraft has a box shape with two solar panel arrays (Pan) and its primary mission is to provide communication services. It was built in Luxembourg (L) and its motor type is EOR.