SES-18 is enabling SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast and radio services to millions of American homes.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed, manufactured, and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 enables SES to deliver C-band broadcast and radio services to millions of American homes and provide other network communications services to the United States.
SES-18 provides contractual service protections to customers who receive video services in the U.S. to support clearing C-band spectrum.
SES-19 was launched in tandem with SES-18 and was built by Northrop Grumman on the GEOSTAR™-3 bus.
The Falcon 9 first stage used on the 2023-05-04 launch previously launched SES-18.
SES completed launches of SES-18 and SES-19 as part of its US C-band Phase II activities.
SES-18 and SES-19 were the last two satellites SES needed to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds totaling nearly $4,000,000,000.
SpaceX launched SES-18 and SES-19 on 2023-03-17.
SES-18 and SES-19 satellites were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:38 pm local time on Friday, 2023-03-17.
SES-18 will begin operations in June 2023 at 103 degrees West replacing the SES-3 C-band payload.
SES-18 and SES-19 are the fourth and fifth and final satellites launched as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.
SES-18 and SES-19 will use onboard hydrazine-fueled propulsion to reach their geostationary orbital slots and are due to start services in June.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites to geostationary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, 2023-03-17 at 7:38 p.m. ET.
SpaceX launched SES-18 and SES-19 on 2023-03-17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster on the SES-18 and SES-19 mission completed its sixth launch and landing.
SES successfully made contact with SES-18 and SES-19 after they were deployed in geosynchronous transfer orbit by a Falcon 9.
SES-18 and SES-19 are the fourth and fifth and final satellites to be launched as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.