Luxembourg – SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that the SES-8 satellite has been successfully co-positioned with SES’s NSS-6 satellite at the orbital location of 95 degrees East and is now fully operational to serve the thriving markets in the Asia-Pacific region. SES-8 was launched on December 3, 2013 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on board a … [Read more...] about Newly launched ​SES-8 satellite​ now operational​
SES-8 satellite
SES-8 satellite successfully launches
Cape Canaveral, Florida – SES S.A. announces that the SES-8 satellite was successfully launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. A Falcon 9 booster operated by SpaceX successfully injected the SES-8 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, 31 minutes after lift-off, in what was SES’s maiden use of a SpaceX/ Falcon 9 rocket. SES has three more SpaceX/ Falcon 9 boosters under contract. SES-8 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The … [Read more...] about SES-8 satellite successfully launches
