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SES-19

US Cable Distribution (C-band 5G Clearing) · SES

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An SES satellite at 103°W built for the US C-band spectrum clearing program. SES-19 and SES-18 were designed and launched specifically so that SES could vacate the lower C-band frequencies used by its existing satellites, freeing that spectrum for 5G wireless. The US government paid SES and Intelsat billions of dollars in accelerated relocation payments — effectively funding new satellites so that the 5G wireless industry could access spectrum previously occupied by satellite television.

Its orbit

Orbit
Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
Altitude
22,237–22,246 mi (35,787–35,802 km)
Inclination
0.0°
One orbit
23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
NORAD ID
55971
Int’l designator
2023-038B
Launched
2023

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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