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Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | SES-3 & KazSat-2

SES-3 & KazSat-2

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 15 July 2011, 11:16 pm UTC

Rocket: Proton-M (Proton / UR-500)

Provider: International Launch Services

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

SES-3 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services to North America. It was launched alongside with the kazakh communications satellite KazSat-2, which replaced previously lost KazSat-1 and covers Kazakhstan and Central Asia.