Geostationary
NORAD ID: 37809
Int'l Code: 2011-049A
Perigee: 35,780.4 km
Apogee: 35,806.8 km
Inclination: 0.1 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: September 21, 2011
Source: (SES)
Comments: SES 2 is one of three virtually identical satellites built by Orbital for SES and launched in 2010 and 2011. The satellite target position is at 87 degrees west longitude, where its 48 C-band and Ku-band transponders will reach customers across North America. The U.S. Air Force's Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload, or CHIRP, is a piggyback instrument aboard SES 2. It will demonstrate infrared detection technologies from geosynchronous orbit for missile warning applications. The Air Force plans to activate the CHIRP experiment about 30 days after launch, then begin an experimentation phase. It features a wide field-of-view staring sensor to pick up infrared signatures of missile plumes, explosions and fires.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37809U 11049A 13139.17109828 -.00000195 00000-0 00000+0 0 3343
2 37809 000.0532 073.2000 0003138 355.8472 142.5701 01.00272339 6126
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SES 2
