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SES New Skies’ NSS-9 satellite launched

By ⋅ February 13, 2009 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

SES New Skies, an SES company, has announced that the NSS-9 satellite successfully roared into space onboard an Ariane 5 ECA booster from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 12 February at 7:09 pm local time (10:09 pm GMT).

Approximately 32 minutes after lift-off the spacecraft separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage and was placed into geostationary transfer orbit.

Initial signals from NSS-9 were received at a control station in Uralla, Australia at 11:07 pm GMT.

NSS-9 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences, with launch services onboard Ariane 5 provided by Arianespace. The satellite, procured by SES Satellite Leasing in the Isle of Man, is poised to be the 40th satellite in SES’ global fleet.

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