SES-5

Summary

SES-5 is a communications satellite^[1]. SES-5 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• SES-5's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[3].
• SES-5's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[4].
• SES-5's operator is recorded as SES S.A.^[5].
• SES-5's manufacturer is recorded as Lanteris Space Systems^[6].
• SES-5's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2012-036A^[7].
• SES-5's part of is recorded as European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service^[8].
• SES-5's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-M^[9].
• SES-5's SCN is recorded as 38652^[10].
• SES-5's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[11].
• SES-5's powered by is recorded as R-4D^[12].
• SES-5's powered by is recorded as SPT-100^[13].
• SES-5's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[14].
• SES-5's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2012-07-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• SES-5's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vxdfss^[16].
• SES-5's spacecraft bus is recorded as Lanteris 1300^[17].
• SES-5's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• SES-5's space tug is recorded as Briz-M^[19].
• SES-5's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24^[20].
• SES-5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+6086'}^[21].
• SES-5's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "38652"]^[22].
• SES-5's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}^[23].
• SES-5's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2012-036A^[24].

Why It Matters

SES-5 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] SES-5 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] SES-5 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]