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SES-1

NORAD 36516· COSPAR 2010-016A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
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
SES satellite (representative)
Representative SES image · SpaceX Photos · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:55 UTC
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
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SES-1 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES World Skies, then by SES

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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
357953580735782May 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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