Geostationary
SES-1
North American Cable Distribution · SES
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An SES satellite at 101°W providing C-band and Ku-band services for North American cable and broadcasting markets. SES-1 sits at a prime US cable distribution position, carrying programming for cable networks distributed to headends across the United States. SES (originally Société Européenne des Satellites) grew from a single Astra satellite in 1988 to one of the world's largest satellite operators — its Galaxy acquisition brought it into the US cable distribution business.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,235–22,249 mi (35,784–35,806 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 36516
- Int’l designator
- 2010-016A
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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