SES-18 & SES-19
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:38:00
Friday March 17, 2023
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Launch Notes
Launched 4 hours and 12 minutes after Starlink Group 2-8 from California, marking SpaceX's shortest period between two launches as of liftoff, and passing the previous record by 3 hours.
SES-18 & SES-19
These satellites enable SES to clear 280MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G use while seamlessly migrating SES’s existing C-band customers and ensuring the continued delivery of digital television to nearly 120 million American TV homes and other critical data services. The dry mass of SES-18 is 1139kg, and the dry mass of SES-19 is 1280kg.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
2 Payloads
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$74.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,000 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Stats
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Mission
19th
Mission of 2023
2023
42nd
Orbital launch attempt