EchoStar 105 / SES 11 [Airbus Defence and Space]
EchoStar and SES World Skies ordered in September 2014 jointly the EchoStar 105 / SES 11 comsat.
The satellite was manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space based on the highly reliable Eurostar-3000 platform. EchoStar 105 / SES 11 carries 24 Ku-band transponders as well as 24 C-band transponders (36 MHz equivalent). The spacecraft has a separated mass of approximately 5,200 kg and an end of life budget for the payloads of approximately 12 kW. The spacecraft's Ku-band capacity, originally called EchoStar-20 during planning, will replace the existing SES satellite AMC-15 at 105° West, an orbital position where EchoStar has been SES's anchor customer since 2006. The spacecraft's C-band capacity will also allow SES to provide replacement capacity for AMC-18 also at 105° West.
The satellite is planned to be launched into space in Q4 2017.
Nation: | Luxembourg, USA |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | SES, Echostar |
Contractors: | Airbus Defence and Space |
Equipment: | 24 Ku-band transponders, 24 C-band transponders |
Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 5200 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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EchoStar 105 / SES 11 | 2017-063A | 11.10.2017 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 |
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