SES-9

Summary

SES-9 is a communications satellite^[1]. SES-9 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• SES-9 is in the country of Luxembourg^[3].
• SES-9's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• SES-9's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• SES-9's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[6].
• SES-9's operator is recorded as SES S.A.^[7].
• SES-9's manufacturer is recorded as Boeing Satellite Development Center^[8].
• SES-9's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2016-013A^[9].
• SES-9's Commons category is recorded as Falcon 9 Flight 22^[10].
• SES-9's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Full Thrust^[11].
• SES-9's SCN is recorded as 41380^[12].
• SES-9's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[13].
• SES-9's powered by is recorded as XIPS-25^[14].
• SES-9's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[15].
• SES-9's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2016-03-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• SES-9's spacecraft bus is recorded as Boeing 702^[17].
• SES-9's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• SES-9's official website is recorded as https://www.ses.com/our-coverage#/explore/satellite/361^[19].
• SES-9's replaces is recorded as GE 1A^[20].
• SES-9's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40^[21].
• SES-9's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+5330'}^[22].
• SES-9's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnyn0x^[23].
• SES-9's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2016-013A^[24].

Why It Matters

SES-9 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] SES-9 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25]