SES-17
Preliminary Technical
Information
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General Satellite Information
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General Satellite Information
Spacecraft: SES-17
Orbital Type: Geosynchronous
Orbital Location: 67.1º West
Launch Date: H2 2021 (estimated)
In Service Date: H1 2022 (estimated)
Designed Lifetime : 15+years
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Beams and Interconnectivity
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Ka-Band HTS Beam Cell Information
Transmit Beam Bandwidth: 150-1350 MHz (Ka-HTS)
Coverage Beams: Ka HTS (160 spots)
Beam Type: Fixed (non-steerable)
Polarization: RHCP and LHCP
Full DTPCapacity
• Capacity routed via the DTP (Digital Transparent Processor) with advanced beam
switching, routing capabilities and additional features
• DTP allows connections between any designated uplink or downlink beam, or between
one uplink beam and many downlink beams (multicast).
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Frequency Plans
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Ka band HTS Frequency Plan
Transmit
27GHz 27.5GHz 28GHz 28.53GHz 29GHz 30GHz
29.1GHz
Receive
17GHz 17.8GHz 18GHz 19GHz 20GHz 20.2GHz
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Satellite Coverage Beams
Ka-Band
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HTS Spot Beam Coverage
Average EIRP Average G/T
Beam
(dBW/54MHz) (dB/K)
A 50 15.5
B 50 15.5
Beam F C 50 12.5
Beam C
D 50 12.5
E 50 11.5
F 50 11.5
ATL 48 5.0
Beam A
Beam B Beam ATL
Beam D
Beam D
Beam E
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FoV Beam Coverage
Minimum
Minimum/T
Beam EIRP
(dB/K)
(dBW/38MHz)
FoV 44 -2.0
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Initial Gateway deployment
Initial gateways will be operated by
SES in
London
St. John
Winnipeg
Mexico City
Bogota
Santiago
Additional gateway locations possible:
Brewster
Edmonton
Laredo
Mazatlan
Lima
Brasilia
Sao Paulo
Porto Alegre
Buenos Aires
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