NSS 10

American communications satellite
Thing Direct Broadcast Satellite Q294623

Facts

18 properties
Launch date
2005-02-03
Country of origin
France[7]
Launch vehicle
Proton-M
Manufacturer
Alcatel Space[5]
Mass
4,953 kg, 2,286 kg[17][18]
Operator
SES Americom (2005–2007), SES World Skies (2007–2011), SES S.A. (2011–present)[4]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Service life
16 year[19]
Significant event
rocket launch[14]
Space launch vehicle
Proton-M[6]
Space tug
Briz-M[15]
Spacecraft bus
Spacebus-4000C3[13]
Start point
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24[16]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
February 3, 2005[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en AMC 12 en Americom 12 en Astra 4A en GE 1i en NSS 10 en Star One C12 en Worldsat 2 de AMC 12 de AMC-12 de Americom-12 de Astra 4A de NSS-10 de Star One C-12 de Star One C12 pt StarOne C12
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
2005-003A
Freebase ID
/m/03z8w2m
NSSDCA ID
2005-003A
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "28526"]

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Summary

NSS 10 is a direct-broadcast satellite[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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