The Falcon 9 rocket carrying SES-12 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 12:45 a.m. Eastern.
Airbus Defence and Space identifies SES-12 as the largest and most powerful all-electric satellite ever produced.
The Astra 4a Nordic and SES-12 IOR beams are operated by SES as part of the Astra 4a and SES-12 high-throughput satellites.
SES-12 is an advanced geostationary satellite positioned at 95 degrees East.
Jio Space Technology Limited will leverage SES-12, SES’s high-throughput GEO satellite serving India.
As of August 28, 2017, SES moved SES-14 to an Ariane 5 ECA launch in early Q1 2018 and planned to have SpaceX launch SES-12 on a Falcon 9 in Q1 2018.
SpaceX launched the all-electric SES-12 telecom satellite on 2018-06-04 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base using a Falcon 9 rocket.
SES used the Ariane 5 that had been assigned to SES-12 to launch SES-14 on an expedited schedule to replace the malfunctioning NSS-806 satellite.
The first-stage booster used on the SES-12 launch first flew on 2018-09-07 on the Air Force’s Orbital Test Vehicle 5 mission.
SES-12 capacity will support distribution to more than 7.5 million satellite-TV-equipped homes across Malaysia.
SES will provide up to 100 gigabits per second of capacity to Jio Space Technology Limited through its SES-12 satellite in geostationary orbit and the O3b mPower constellation in medium Earth orbit.