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SES-22 was the first of six satellites SES ordered to help migrate broadcast customers into a narrower swath of C-band for terrestrial 0.005 kg use in the United States.
SES is participating in an FCC program to clear C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
SES stands to receive $3,970,000,000 in total incentive payments from the FCC if it can move customers and filter antennas on the ground in time to clear the frequencies by 2022-12-05.
SES-18 and SES-19 were developed by Northrop Grumman and built on the company’s GEOStar-3 satellite bus.
SES-18 and SES-19 were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 and SES-19 were built by Northrop Grumman.
SES-18 is expected to begin operations in June 2023 at 103 degrees West replacing the SES-3 C-band payload.
SES-19 provides contractual service protections for U.S. video service customers to enable SES to clear C-band spectrum.
SES-18 is expected to begin operations in June 2023 at 103 degrees West replacing the SES-3 C-band payload.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the SES-18 and SES-19 mission previously supported the launches of CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, and two Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 that deployed SES-18 and SES-19 lifted off at 7:38 p.m. Eastern on 2023-03-17.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster on the SES-18 and SES-19 mission completed its sixth launch and landing.
SES-18 and SES-19 were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:38 p.m. local time on 2023-03-17.
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.
SES-20 and SES-21 were launched together in October 2022 as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.
SES and Intelsat have unlocked more than $2,000,000,000 in combined proceeds by meeting the FCC’s initial incentive payment milestone in 2021.
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.
United Launch Alliance launched SES-20 and SES-21 in October on an Atlas V rocket as part of SES’s C-band clearing strategy.
SES-22 was launched in June 2022 as part of SES’s C-band transition plan.
Since 2020, SES and other satellite operators have been clearing 300 MHz of C-band spectrum and transitioning customer services to the remaining allocated 200 MHz of spectrum by launching new satellites, building new ground stations, and sending hundreds of satellite earth station technicians to install filters on customers’ antennas.