SES-8 Satellite connection

Overview of Satellite SES-8

The SES-8 satellite was designed and manufactured by Orbital Sciences in the USA.

SES-8 is a geostationary communication satellite operated by SES. SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 2013, 22:41 UTC.^[2]

It was the first flight of any SpaceX launch vehicle to a supersynchronous transfer orbit,^[3] an orbit with a somewhat larger apogee than the more usual Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) typically utilized for communication satellites.^[

Payload mass: 3,200 kilograms (7,100 lb)^[5]^[6]
Electrical power: 5 kW, using Gallium Arsenide solar panels, and two 4,850 watt-hours (17,500 kJ) lithium ionstorage batteries^[5]^[6]
Battery backup: 4800 Watt-hour lithium-ion battery^[5]
Service life: 15 years^[5]^[6]