SES-20 & SES-21

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:36:00

Tuesday October 4, 2022

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SES-20 & SES-21

These satellites will 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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

2 Payloads

3,267 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 531

Active 2010 to 2022

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Agency

ULA

Price

$140.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 62.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 15,530 kg

GTO: 7,450 kg

Liftoff Thrust

8,815 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 26.5m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

3

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


96th

Mission

6th

Mission of 2022

United Launch Alliance


154th

Mission

7th

Mission of 2022

2022


127th

Orbital launch attempt