The SES-6 satellite will be launched on Proton M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on June 3.
The launch will take place at 15.18 Baikonur time (9.18 GMT). A live website cast is available at a special website beginning at 9.00 GMT.
International Launch Services (ILS) is providing the launch services and has the exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle.
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the SES-6 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M Upper Stage and the SES-6 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory.
From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a super-synchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the SES-6 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 15 hours, 31 minutes after liftoff.
SES-6 will be the 53rd satellite in SES’ global fleet. The satellite is equipped with 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders (36 MHz equivalent). It is a multipurpose satellite built by Astrium and will be replacing NSS-806 at 319.5 degrees East (or 40.5 degrees West) to provide capacity expansion over North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Atlantic Ocean region. The satellite’s expanded Ku-band payload will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programs throughout Latin America.
