SES-1
Launch
Launched on Apr 24, 2010 from 200/39 (200L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced.
Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | SES-1 →
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Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
SES World Skies
Country
SES
Manufacturer
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launched
Apr 24, 2010
Mass
—
Apogee
35,805 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
0.05°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
SES-1 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES World Skies, then by SES
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SES-1 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35784 × 35805 km
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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