International Launch Services

SES-3 & KazSat-2

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, July 15, 2011 · 23:16 UTC

Mission

/01

SES-3 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services to North America. It was launched alongside with the kazakh communications satellite KazSat-2, which replaced previously lost KazSat-1 and covers Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Variant: Briz-M Enhanced

Launch Pad

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.040° N, 63.032° E

135

Pad Launches

1364

Location Launches

11

Agency Launches

36

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