NSS-9

Communications satellite

SES New Skies (2009)
SES World Skies (2009-2011)
SES (2011-present)

COSPAR ID2009-008A

SATCAT no.33749Mission duration15 years Spacecraft propertiesBusGEOStar-2ManufacturerOrbital SciencesLaunch mass2,230 kilograms (4,920 lb)Power2,300 watts Start of missionLaunch date12 February 2009, 22:09 (2009-02-12UTC22:09Z) UTCRocketAriane 5ECA V187Launch siteKourou ELA-3ContractorArianespace Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeGeostationaryLongitude177° westPerigee altitude35,783 kilometres (22,235 mi)Apogee altitude35,801 kilometres (22,246 mi)Inclination0.01 degreesPeriod23.93 hoursEpoch29 October 2013, 13:27:57 UTC^[1]

NSS-9 is a communications satellite owned by SES World Skies. It is an all C-band satellite intended as a replacement for NSS-5, and has three beams with 44 active C-band transponders.

NSS-9 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched February 12, 2009 aboard Ariane 5 flight V-187.^[2]^[3]

Built on the Orbital STAR-2 satellite bus,^[4] NSS-9 has an expected useful lifetime extending through 2024.^[5]

Its launch has been featured in National Geographic Channel's programme World's Toughest Fixes Satellite Launch S02E01.^[6]

References

^ "NSS 9 Satellite details 2009-008A NORAD 33749". N2YO. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
^ "Satellite Data - NSS-9". SES NEW SKIES. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25.
^ "Ariane 5 begins 2009 with another successful launch at Arianespace's service". Arianespace.
^ "Orbital-Built NSS-9 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched For SES NEW SKIES". Northrop Grumman. February 13, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Krebs, Gunter D. "NSS 9". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ "World's Toughest Fixes: Satellite Launch s02e01". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

External links

http://www.ses.com/4629118/nss-9
Location: 0°0′N 177°00′W / 0.000°N 177.000°W / 0.000; -177.000

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

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
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

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January	USA-202 / Orion 6 Ibuki, Kukai, SDS-1, Sohla-1 Koronas-Foton
February	Omid NOAA-19 Progress M-66 Ekspress-AM44, Ekspress-MD1 Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale-A, Spirale-B OCO Telstar 11N Raduga-1
March	Kepler STS-119 (ITS S6) GOCE USA-203 Soyuz TMA-14
April	Eutelsat W2A USA-204 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Compass-G2 RISAT-2, ANUSAT SICRAL 1B Yaogan 6 Kosmos 2450
May	USA-205 Progress M-02M STS-125 Herschel, Planck ProtoStar 2 TacSat-3, PharmaSat, AeroCube-3, HawkSat-1, CP6 Meridian 2 Soyuz TMA-15
June	LRO, LCROSS MEASAT-3a GOES 14 Sirius FM-5
July	TerreStar-1 Kosmos 2451, Kosmos 2452, Kosmos 2453 RazakSAT STS-127 (JEM-EF, AggieSat 2, BEVO-1, Castor, Pollux) Kosmos 2454, Sterkh No.11L Progress M-67 DubaiSat-1, Deimos-1, UK-DMC 2, Nanosat-1B, AprizeSat-3, AprizeSat-4
August	AsiaSat 5 USA-206 JCSAT-RA, Optus D3 STSat-2A STS-128 (Leonardo MPLM) Palapa-D
September	USA-207 / PAN HTV-1 Meteor-M No.1, BLITS, Sterkh-2, SumbandilaSat, UGATUSAT, Universitetsky-Tatyana-2 Nimiq 5 Oceansat-2, Rubin 9.1, Rubin 9.2, BeeSat-1, UWE-2, ITU-pSat1, SwissCube-1 USA-208 / STSS-Demo 1, USA-209 / STSS-Demo 2 Soyuz TMA-16
October	Amazonas-2, COMSATBw-1 WorldView-2 Progress M-03M USA-210 Thor 6, NSS-12
November	SMOS, PROBA-2 Progress M-MIM2 (Poisk) Shijian 11-01 STS-129 (ExPRESS-1, ExPRESS-2) Kosmos 2455 Intelsat 14 Eutelsat W7 IGS Optical 3 Intelsat 15
December	USA-211 Yaogan 7 Kosmos 2456, Kosmos 2457, Kosmos 2458 Yaogan 8, Xi Wang 1 Helios IIB Soyuz TMA-17 DirecTV-12
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