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The SES6 satellite has a launch mass of about 6,100kg. It will have a wingspan of 40m once its solar arrays are deployed in orbit. The satellite is designed for a life span of 15 years. The satellite has 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders. It also has five steerable Ku-band beams, which include four beams for the Americas and one beam covering the Atlantic Ocean region.

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ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-6 for SES

International Launch Services (ILS) successfully placed the SES-6 satellite into a super-synchronous transfer orbit (SSTO) today, for SES of Luxembourg. With this launch, ILS, a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, completed its second SSTO mission with the Proton vehicle.
The Proton launch vehicle, carrying the SES-6 satellite, lifted off from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday at 15:18:31 local time (09:18:31 GMT and 05:18:31 EDT). SES-6, built on Astriums reliable E3000 platform, weighed over 6 metric tons at liftoff. After a 15-hour, 31-minute mission, the satellite was placed into the target orbit by the Proton launcher.
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Launch of SES-6 on ILS Proton-M from Baikonur

A Russian ILS Proton launched today, June 3rd 2013 at 09:18 UTC carrying the SES-6 satellite for SES.



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Russia Launches European Telecoms Satellite

A Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying a SES-6 telecommunications satellite has lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Khrunichev space company said on Monday.
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International Launch Services (ILS) recently announced that communications satellite SES 6 will be launched on June 3, 2013 at 21:18 UT from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The satellite will feature an E3000 Platform with a separated spacecraft mass of 6,100 kilograms.
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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.
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The SES-6 satellite is scheduled for launch in 2013 to replace NSS-806 and provide significant capacity expansion. The satellites expanded Ku-band payload will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programmes throughout Latin America. The C-band payload will add incremental capacity to support channel growth at this key cable neighbourhood.
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