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SES-7 (PROTOSTAR 2)

NORAD 34941· COSPAR 2009-027A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on May 16, 2009 from 200/39 (200L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | SES-7 (Indostar 2/ProtoStar 2)
SES satellite (representative)
Representative SES image · SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 07:46 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
ProtoStar
Country
SES
Manufacturer
Launched
May 16, 2009
Mass
Apogee
35,799 km
Perigee
35,787 km
Inclination
0.05°
Period
23.93 h
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SES-7 is a commercial communications satellite operated by SES World Skies.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SES-7 (PROTOSTAR 2) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.6 km
Rate
-0.02 km/day
Now
35787 × 35799 km
357953580235787May 28Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

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