Interconnectivity for Europe, Asia, and Africa
| Customer | SES NEW SKIES The Hague, The Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft | Boeing 702 |
| Launch Date Vehicle Site |
January 30, 2007 Sea Launch Pacific Ocean |
New Skies Satellites, now SES NEW SKIES, ordered its first Boeing spacecraft in March 2001. The Boeing 702 model spacecraft, called NSS-8, was declared a loss when the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying the satellite experienced an anomaly during the launch on January 30, 2007.
SES NEW SKIES would have deployed NSS-8 in the company's slot at 57 degrees East longitude where it would have provided C-band and Ku-band expansion capacity in response to demand in the Indian Ocean region.
NSS-8 carried 56 active C-band and 36 active Ku-band high power transponders. It was manufactured to provide 27 beams creating nine footprints that was to have covered Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and the Indian Ocean.
The Boeing 702 was introduced in October 1995 as an evolution of its popular body-stabilized Boeing 601 line. The Boeing 702 can deliver payloads exceeding 90 active transponders and provide multiple coverage beams. Power levels range from 10 kilowatts to more than 18 kilowatts.
SES NEW SKIES is a global satellite communications company. Headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C., SES NEW SKIES is one of only four fixed satellite services companies with truly global satellite coverage. SES NEW SKIES offers video, voice, data and Internet communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations, Internet service providers and government organizations around the world.
Boeing designs and manufactures satellites in El Segundo, Calif., a unit of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. Covering approximately 1 million square feet, the state-of-the-art facility is the world's largest dedicated satellite factory.
NSS-8 SPECIFICATIONS
| C-band | 56 active transponders plus 10 spares 12 63-watt TWTAs 34 55-watt TWTAs10 53-watt TWTAs |
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| Ku-band | 36 active transponders plus 6 spares 150-watt TWTAs |
| Solar Beginning of life End of life Panels |
8.6 kW 17.6 kW 2 wings each with 7 panels of triple-junction gallium arsenide solar cells |
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| Batteries | 60 cells - 328 Ahr NiH battery cells |
| Liquid apogee engine | One 445-N liquid apogee engine |
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| Stationkeeping thrusters | Four 22-N thrusters Four 10-N thrusters |
| Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS) | Four 0.165-N XIPS thrusters (25 cm) |
| In Orbit | L, solar arrays: 26.7 m (87.5 ft) W, antennas: 10.0 m (33.1 ft) |
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| Stowed | Diameter: 3.75 m (12.3 ft) Height: 7.4 m (24.4 ft) |
| Mass Launch In orbit |
5,950 kg (13,118 lb) separated mass 3,800 kg (8,378 lb) beginning of life |
| Nadir | Two 2.2 m DGS antennas for Central Zone (Asia - Europe) C-band coverage One 2.2 m DGS antenna for India downlink and Central Asia uplink C-band coverage One pair of cirularly polarized horn antennas for C-band Global coverage |
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| East | One 2.4 x 2.3 m SSS antenna for East Hemi (East Asia - Australia) C-band
circularly polarized coverage One 1.1 m DGS antenna for East Africa Ku-band coverage One 1.1 m DGS antenna for India uplink and Central Asia downlink Ku-band coverage |
| West | One 2.4 x 2.3 m SSS antenna for West Hemi (Europe - Africa) C-band circularly
polarized coverage One 1.1 m DGS antenna for Europe Ku-band coverage One 1.1 m DGS antenna for Middle East Ku-band coverage |
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