The SES-22 and SES-23 satellites are geostationary and will weigh roughly 3,500 kg each.
SES-22 is a C-band satellite intended for the U.S. that is ahead of schedule and will be SES’s first C-band satellite launched this summer.
SES-22 is slated to launch from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
SES expects the sea transportation duration for SES-22 can be absorbed by project margin so the SES-22 launch schedule will not be delayed and the timely clearing of C-band spectrum for 0.005 kg rollout in the U.S. will not be impacted.
SES is preparing the SES-22 satellite for launch from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-06-29 at 5:04 p.m. local time (23:04 UTC).
SES-22 is being prepared for launch from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-06-29 at 5:04 pm / 23:04 pm.
SES-22 separated from its Falcon 9 rocket in geostationary transfer orbit about 33 minutes after liftoff.
SES-22 is based on Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus 4000 B2 platform.
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.
Thales Alenia Space will build the SES-22 and SES-23 television broadcast satellites using its Spacebus 4000 B2 platform.
Thales Alenia Space is currently building SES-22 and SES-23, two C-band satellites that will serve television broadcast markets.
The launch of SES-22 is part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
SpaceX launched the SES-22 satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States.
SES will launch five satellites—SES-18, SES-19, SES-20, SES-21, and SES-22—in 2022 to meet the FCC’s accelerated deadline of clearing C-band spectrum across the U.S. by December 2023 while maintaining uninterrupted services.
The launch of SES-22 is part of a Federal Communications Commission program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
SES-22 is the first of SES’s C-band satellites dedicated to freeing up the lower 300 MHz of C-band spectrum and will operate in the 135 degrees West orbital slot.
Thales Alenia Space built the SES-22 satellite on its Spacebus 4000 B2 platform.
SES-22 was launched on 2022-06-29 at 5:04 pm local time from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The launch of SES-22 is part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States.
The launch of SES-22 is part of an FCC program to clear a portion of C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 0.005 kg services across the contiguous United States (CONUS).