SES World Skies
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Headquarters | Netherlands |
| Products | Satellite Services |
Number of employees | 169 (2007)[citation needed] |
| Parent | SES S.A. |
| Website | SES WORLD SKIES |
SES World Skies—formerly SES New Skies, New Skies Satellites (NSS), and SES Americom—is a Dutch operator of communications spacecraft, owned by SES.
On 30 November 1998, several former Intelsat satellites were transferred to New Skies’ control. New Skies operates several satellites, as shown below, and provides global coverage. A sixth satellite — NSS-8 — was intended to enter commercial service in early-2007, but it was destroyed when its Zenit 3SL launch vehicle exploded on the launch pad, on 30 January 2007.
In December 2005 it was announced that SES Global was to purchase 100% of the company;[1] this merger was completed in March 2006. In September 2006 the name was changed from New Skies Satellites to SES NEW SKIES. In July 2008, SES announced the merger of its two international operating units, SES AMERICOM and SES NEW SKIES into a ‘new segment’ with SES NEW SKIES President and CEO Rob Bednarek as President and CEO.[2] The new segment was re-branded as SES WORLD SKIES on 7 September 2009.[3]
Satellite fleet
AMC Fleet
The satellites operated by the former SES Americom are as follows.
| Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date |
Launch vehicle |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active: | |||||||
| AMC-1 | 103°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12-14 watt (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada) 24 Ku band, 60watt (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
September 8, 1996 | Atlas IIA | [citation needed] |
| AMC-2 | 101°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12-18 watt (USA, Mexico, Canada) 24 Ku band, 60watt (CONUS, Northern Mexico, Canada) |
January 30, 1997 | Ariane 44L | co-located with AMC-4[citation needed] |
| AMC-3 | 87°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 12-18 watt (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) 24 Ku band, 60watt (USA, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean) |
September 4, 1997 | Atlas IIAS | [citation needed] |
| AMC-4 | 101°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku band, 110 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America) |
November 13, 1999 | Ariane 44LP | [citation needed] |
| AMC-5 | 79°W | Alcatel Space | Spacebus 2000 | 16 Ku band, 55 watt (CONUS, South Canada, Northern Mexico) |
October 28, 1998 | Ariane 44L | [citation needed] |
| AMC-6 | 72°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 C-band, 20 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24+4 Ku band, 110 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) |
October 22, 2000 | Proton-K/DM-2 | [citation needed] |
| AMC-7 | 137°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
September 14, 2000 | Ariane 5G | [citation needed] |
| AMC-8 | 139°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
December 19, 2000 | Ariane 5G | [citation needed] |
| AMC-9 | 83°W | Alcatel Space | Spacebus 3000B3 | 24 C-band, 20 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America) 24 Ku band, 110watt (CONUS, Mexico) |
June 7, 2003 | Proton-K/Briz-M[4] | |
| AMC-10 | 135°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
February 5, 2004 | Atlas IIAS[5] | |
| AMC-11 | 131°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
May 19, 2004 | Atlas IIAS[6] | |
| AMC-15 | 105°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 Ku band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
October 15, 2004 | Proton-M/Briz-M[7] | |
| AMC-16 | 85°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 24 Ku band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 12 Ka band, (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
December 17, 2004 | Atlas V (521)[8] | |
| AMC-18 | 105°W | Lockheed Martin | A2100A | 24 C-band, 20 watt (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
December 8, 2006 | Ariane 5-ECA[9] | Replaced AMC-2 previously at 105°W |
| AMC-21 | 125°W | Thales Alenia Space / Orbital Sciences |
STAR-2 | 24 Ku band, 110 watt (USA, Southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
August 14, 2008 | Ariane 5-ECA[10] | |
| Satcom C3 | 79°W | GE AstroSpace | GE-3000 | 24+4 C-band, 110 watt (CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) |
September 10, 1992 | Ariane 44LP | inclined orbit[citation needed] |
| Failures: | |||||||
| AMC-14[11] | 61.5°W (planned) | Lockheed Martin | A2100 | 32 Ku band, 150 watt |
March 14, 2008 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Launch failure[12] |
(former) NSS Fleet
| Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date | Launch vehicle | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active: | |||||||
| NSS-5 | 57° E | Lockheed Martin | AS-7000 | 52 C-band (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia) 12 Ku band (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia) |
September 23, 1997 | [citation needed] | Formerly known as NSS-803. Moved from 183° E to 57° E to cover NSS-703's service area until NSS-12 launches Q3, 2009. |
| NSS-6 | 95° E | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 60 Ku band (Middle East, Southern Africa,Indian Subcontinent, North East and South East Asia, China and Australia) |
December 17, 2002 | [citation needed] | |
| NSS-7 | 22.0° W | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 49 C-band (the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East) 48 Ku band (the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East) |
16 April 2002 | [citation needed] | |
| NSS-703 | 57° E | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 6 October 1994 | Traffic moved to NSS-12, January 2010[13] | ||
| NSS-806 | 319.5° E | Lockheed Martin | AS-7000 | 27 February 1998 | |||
| NSS-9 | 183° E | Orbital Sciences | STAR 2.[14] | 12 February 2009 | Ariane 5 flight V-187[15] | ||
| NSS-10 | 322.5° E | Spacebus | 4000C3 | 3 February 2005 | Proton-M/Briz-M[16] | Formerly known as AMC-12/Astra 4A[17] | |
| NSS-11 | 108.2° E | Lockheed Martin | A2100AX | 1 October 2000 | Formerly known as AAP-1[17] | ||
| NSS-12 | 57° E | Space Systems/Loral | FS-1300 | 29 October 2009 | Ariane 5 ECA[18] | ||
| Retired: | |||||||
| NSS-513 | 177°W | Ford Aerospace | 18 May 1988 | Decommissioned | |||
| NSS-K | 21.5° W, then 183° E | Lockheed Martin | AS-5000 | 9 June 1992 | Decommissioned | ||
| NSS-8 | Planned: 57° E | Boeing | BSS-702 | 30 January 2007 | Zenit 3SL | Rocket exploded on pad[19] | |
SES Fleet
| Satellite | Location | Manufacturer | Model | Coverage | Launch date |
Launch vehicle |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active: | |||||||
| SES-1 | 101°W | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
24 April 2010 | Proton-M/Briz-M[20] | Replaced AMC-2,AMC-4 previously at 101°W[citation needed] |
| SES-2 | 87°W | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
21 September 2011 | Ariane 5-ECA | [citation needed] It entered commercial service on 27-Oct-2011. |
| SES-3 | 108.2°E | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | 24 C-band, (USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada, Central America) 24 Ku band, (USA, Southern Canada, Northern Mexico) |
15 July 2011 | Proton-M/Briz-M | [citation needed] Entering commercial service in March 2012. |
| SES-4 | 22°W | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 52 C-band, 72 Ku-band | 14 February 2012 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Entering commercial service in April 2012. Formerly known as NSS-14 |
| Planned: | |||||||
| Astra 4B | 5°E | Space Systems/Loral | LS-1300 | 24 C-band, 36 Ku-band | June 2012 | Proton-M/Briz-M | Formerly known as SES-4 and Sirius 5 |
| SES-8 | 95°E | Orbital Sciences Corporation | STAR-2 | Q1 2013 | SpaceX Falcon 9 | First Falcon 9 launch to a geostationary orbit[21][22] | |
See also
References
- ^ "SES GLOBAL to acquire New Skies Satellites" (Press release). SES Global. December 14, 2005.
- ^ "SES To Create New Segment Encompassing Two Of Its Satellite Operating Entities" (Press release). SES S.A. July 10, 2008.
- ^ "SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES Satellite Division Re-brands As SES WORLD SKIES" (Press release). SES WORLD SKIES. September 7, 2009.
- ^ "300th Mission Flown by Proton Vehicle" (Press release). International Launch Services. June 7, 2003.
- ^ "ILS Successfully Orbits AMC-10 Satellite" (Press release). International Launch Services. February 5, 2004.
- ^ "ILS Successfully Launches AMC-11 Satellite; Celebrates 5 Missions in 5 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. May 19, 2004.
- ^ "ILS Proton Launches AMC-15 Satellite; 9th Mission in 9 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. October 15, 2004.
- ^ "ILS Launches AMC-16; Wraps Up Year With 10 Mission Successes" (Press release). International Launch Services. December 17, 2004.
- ^ "5 for 5 for Ariane 5 in 2006 - Successful launch of WildBlue-1 and AMC-18" (Press release). Arianespace. December 8, 2006.
- ^ "Another successful Arianespace launch: Superbird-7 and AMC-21 in orbit" (Press release). Arianespace. August 14, 2008.
- ^ "AMC-14 Satellite Slated for March 15 Launch" (Press release). SES AMERICOM. February 20, 2008.
- ^ "ILS declares Proton launch anomaly" (Press release). International Launch Services. March 14, 2008.
- ^ "NSS-12 Satellite of SES WORLD SKIES Goes Live" (Press release). SES WORLD SKIES. January 18, 2010.
- ^ "NSS-9". Orbital Sciences Corporation.
- ^ "First Arianespace launch of the year a success - HOT BIRD 10, NSS-9, SPIRALE A and B in orbit" (Press release). Arianespace. February 12, 2009.
- ^ "Double Success: ILS Launches Payloads with Atlas and Proton on Same Day" (Press release). International Launch Services. February 3, 2005.
- ^ a b "NSS-10 and NSS-11 join SES NEW SKIES fleet" (Press release). SES NEW SKIES. March 5, 2007.
- ^ "Ariane 5 delivers the NSS-12 and THOR 6 television broadcast satellites on Arianespace's sixth mission of 2009". Arianespace. October 29, 2009.
- ^ "Sea Launch Experiences Anomaly during NSS-8 Launch" (Press release). Sea Launch. January 30, 2007.
- ^ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-1 for SES 3rd ILS Proton Mission of 2010; 5th Proton in 4 Months" (Press release). International Launch Services. April 24, 2010.
- ^
"SpaceX and SES Announce SATELLITE Launch Agreement". RLV and Space Transport News. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
the first geostationary satellite launch using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The firm launch agreement with SpaceX also includes an option for a second SES launch. ... The SES-8 satellite is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013 from SpaceX's Launch Complex 40 at the Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- ^
Morring, Frank, Jr. (2011-03-23). "Satellite Operators Boost Launch Competition". Aviation Week. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
'The decision by SES to launch a medium-size geostationary communications satellite on a Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket marks another effort by satellite operators to add to their bottom lines by taking a tight-fisted approach to the prices they pay for launch services. ... 'SES-8 is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013 to the orbital slot at 95 deg. East Long., where it will be co-located with the NSS-6 satellite to support growing demand for direct-to-home broadcast TV delivery in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as customers in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Korea.
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