Northrop Grumman built the SES-18 and SES-19 C-band replacement satellites.
SES-18 and SES-19 launched in 2023.
The launch marked the 28th flight for the first-stage booster, which previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, and SES-19, as well as 24 Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 first stage previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19, and 24 Starlink missions.
The first stage booster on the Cape Canaveral 2024-08-31 Falcon 9 mission was flying its 18th flight and had previously launched CRS-24, OneWeb 1, SES 18 & 19, Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F1, and 14 Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting the February SpaceX mission will be flying its 13th flight after previously launching CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19, and eight Starlink missions.
Booster 1069 previously supported the CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, and SES-19 missions and had supported five Starlink missions prior to this flight.
The first stage booster for this mission previously launched the Cargo Dragon CRS-24, Eutelsat Hotbird 13F, OneWeb 1, and SES-18/SES-19 missions, plus four Starlink deployment flights.
SES-18 is delivering services at 103 degrees West, replacing SES-3’s C-band payload.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 provides contractual service protections to customers who receive video services in the United States to support clearing the C-band spectrum.
SES-18 enables SES to deliver C-band broadcast and radio services to millions of American homes and provides other critical network communications services to the United States.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed, manufactured, and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 provides contractual service protections to customers who receive video services in the United States to support SES’s completion of C-band clearing.
On 27 June 2023 SES reported that the SES-18 satellite is delivering services at 103 degrees West.
SES-18 replaced SES-3’s C-band payload at the 103 degrees West orbital position.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in March 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SES-18 is delivering services at 103 degrees West, replacing SES-3’s C-band payload.
SES-18 is providing other network communications services to the United States in addition to broadcast and radio services.