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SES-3
Spacecraft properties
Names	AMC ground spare OS-2

Mission type	Communications
Operator	SES Americom / SES
COSPAR ID	2011-035A
SATCAT no.	37748
Website	https://www.ses.com/
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 13 years, 6 months, 9 days (elapsed)


Spacecraft	AMC ground spare
Spacecraft type	GEOStar-2
Bus	Star-2.4
Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch mass	3,112 kg (6,861 lb)
Power	5 kW


Start of mission
Launch date	15 July 2011, 23:16:10 UTC
Rocket	Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	September 2011


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	103° West


Transponders
Band	48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage area	North America

SES constellation← SES-2 SES-4 →

| SES-3 is a communications satellite operated by SES Americom (later SES World Skies. Now, SES).

Spacecraft

SES-3 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), and is based on the Star-2.4 satellite bus. It is equipped with 24 C-band, and 24 Ku-band transponders, and at launch it had a mass of 3,112 kg (6,861 lb). It has a design life of fifteen years, however it was launched with enough fuel to operate for at least sixteen years, if its systems are still functional.

Launch

It was launched on 15 July 2011 at 23:16:10 UTC on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, the launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS), since Baikonour, Site 200/39 alongside the KazSat-2 satellite.

Mission

It is positioned at 103.0° West orbital location over North America, replacing AMC-1. Clients include E. W. Scripps Company, In Demand, Pay-per-view, Ion Television, Mood Media, NBC and QVC.

References

McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
"SES 3". N2YO.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
Krebs, Gunter (11 December 2017). "SES 1, 2, 3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"SES 3 at 103.0° W". LyngSat.

v t e Satellites operated by SES
SES fleet	Active: SES-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (EchoStar 105) 12 14 15 16 (GovSat-1) 17 24 (Astra 1P)
AMC fleet	Active: AMC-4 6 8 10 11 15 16 18 21 Backups: AMC-7 Retired: AMC-1 2 3 5 9 Failed launch: AMC-14
NSS fleet	Active: NSS-6 7 9 10 11 12 806 Retired: NSS-5 513 703 K Failed launch: NSS-8
Astra fleet	Active: Astra 1KR 1L 1M 1N 1P (SES-24) 2E 2F 2G 3B 4A 5B Backups: Astra 1D 1F 1G 1H 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A Retired: Astra 1A 1B 1C 1E 5A Sirius 3 Failed launch: Astra 1K Orbital positions: 5.0°E 19.2°E 23.5°E 28.2°E 31.5°E Subsidiary: SES Astra
Third parties	Active: Ciel-2 MonacoSAT QuetzSat 1 Yahsat 1A

v t e ← 2010 Orbital launches in 2011 2012 →
January	Elektro-L No.1 USA-224 Kounotori 2 Progress M-09M (Kedr)
February	Kosmos 2470 USA-225 Johannes Kepler ATV STS-133 (Leonardo) Kosmos 2471
March	Glory, Explorer-1 , KySat-1, Hermes USA-226 USA-227
April	Soyuz TMA-21 Compass-IGSO3 USA-229 Resourcesat-2, YouthSat, X-Sat Yahsat 1A, New Dawn Progress M-10M
May	Meridian 4 USA-230 STS-134 (AMS-02, ELC-3) Telstar 14R ST-2, GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G
June	Soyuz TMA-02M SAC-D Rasad 1 ChinaSat 10 Progress M-11M Kosmos 2472 USA-231
July	Shijian XI-03 STS-135 (Raffaello, PSSC-2) Tianlian I-02 Globalstar M083, Globalstar M088, Globalstar M091, Globalstar M085, Globalstar M081, Globalstar M089 GSAT-12 SES-3, KazSat-2 USA-232 Spektr-R Compass-IGSO4 Shijian XI-02
August	Juno Astra 1N, BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Paksat-1R Hai Yang 2A Sich 2, NigeriaSat-2, NigeriaSat-X, RASAT, EduSAT, AprizeSat-5, AprizeSat-6, BPA-2 Ekspress-AM4 Shijian XI-04 Progress M-12M
September	GRAIL-A , GRAIL-B Zhongxing-1A Kosmos 2473 Arabsat 5C, SES-2 IGS Optical 4 Atlantic Bird 7 TacSat-4 Tiangong-1 QuetzSat 1
October	Kosmos 2474 / GLONASS-M 742 Intelsat 18 Eutelsat 16A Megha-Tropiques, SRMSAT, VesselSat-1, Jugnu ViaSat-1 Galileo-IOV FM1 , Galileo-IOV FM2 NPP, AubieSat-1, DICE-1, DICE-2, M-Cubed, RAX-2 Progress M-13M Shenzhou 8
November	Kosmos 2475 , Kosmos 2476 , Kosmos 2477 Fobos-Grunt , Yinghuo-1 Yaogan 12 , Tian Xun-1 Soyuz TMA-22 Shiyan Weixing 4 , Chuang Xin 1C AsiaSat 7 Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Kosmos 2478 Yaogan 13
December	Compass-IGSO5 Amos-5, Luch 5A IGS Radar 3 Pléiades-HR 1A, SSOT, ELISA 1, ELISA 2, ELISA 3, ELISA 4 NigComSat-1R Soyuz TMA-03M Ziyuan-1C Meridian 5 Globalstar M080, Globalstar M082, Globalstar M084, Globalstar M086, Globalstar M090, Globalstar M092
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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