SES 2

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SES 2 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37809

Int'l Code: 2011-049A

Perigee: 35,780.7 km

Apogee: 35,806.8 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 9.3468 m² (large)

Launch date: September 21, 2011
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

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.

1 37809U 11049A   21023.18870843 -.00000183  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 37809   0.0531 281.1287 0003099  24.1629 158.3606  1.00271777 34235

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC