NSS-12
Satellite
of
SES
WORLD
SKIES
Goes
Live
18
January
2009
SES
WORLD
SKIES,
has
entered
commercial
service
at
the
orbital
location
of
57
degrees
East.
The
NSS-12
satellite
is
the
41st
spacecraft
in
SES’
global
fleet.
NSS-12
was
successfully
launched
onboard
an
Ariane
5
rocket
on
October
29,
2009.
The
spacecraft
replaces
NSS-703
at a
key
orbital
location
at
the
crossroads
of
Europe,
the
Middle
East,
Africa,
Asia
and
Australia.
All
traffic
on
NSS-703
has
been
transferred
to
NSS-12.
Rob
Bednarek,
President
and
CEO
of
SES
WORLD
SKIES,
stated:
“NSS-12
ensures
seamless
continuity
for
our
valued
customers
at
the
important
orbital
position
of
57
degrees
East.
The
satellite
provides
significant
incremental
capacity
to
serve
the
fast
growing
South
Asian
and
East
African
markets.
As
such,
it
is
an
integral
part
of
our
ambitious
launch
manifest
aimed
at
increasing
the
in-orbit
capacity
of
our
25
satellite
strong
SES
WORLD
SKIES
fleet.
And
much
like
the
recent
‘in-orbit’
acquisition
of
the
Protostar-2
satellite,
NSS-12
is a
testimony
to
SES’
dedication
to
providing
state-of-the-art
satellite
capacity
to
support
our
customers
in
growing
their
businesses.”
NSS-12
delivers
DTH
(Direct-To-Home)
power
and
performance
through
four
regional
Ku-band
spot
beams
over
the
Middle
East,
Europe,
Central
and
Southern
Asia
and,
for
the
first
time,
Eastern
Africa.
The
satellite’s
high-capacity,
high-power
C-band
hemispheric
beams
–
one
covering
Europe,
Africa
(including
Mauritius)
and
the
Middle
East,
and
the
other
stretching
across
Asia
to
Australia
–
have
been
augmented
by a
powerful
C-band
global
beam
spanning
from
the
UK
to
the
Far
East.
The
satellite
reaches
an
estimated
two-thirds
of
the
world’s
population.
It
features
40
C-band
transponders
and
48
Ku-band
transponders
with
DTH
power
levels,
as
well
as
elaborate
beam
interconnectivity
and
C/Ku-band
cross-strapping.
The
NSS-12
spacecraft
was
manufactured
by
Space
Systems/Loral
(SSL),
a
subsidiary
of
Loral
Space
&
Communications.
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