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class="infobox-label">Mission type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">Communications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SES_S.A." class="mw-redirect" title="SES S.A.">SES</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2011-049A">2011-049A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187605#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" 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(7,100 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power</th><td class="infobox-data">5 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">kW</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">21 September 2011,<br />21:38:00 UTC <sup id="cite_ref-launchlog_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-launchlog-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">Ariane 5 ECA</a> (VA204)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre" title="Guiana Space Centre">Centre Spatial Guyanais</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELA-3" title="ELA-3">ELA-3</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arianespace" title="Arianespace">Arianespace</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Entered service</th><td class="infobox-data">27 October 2011</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric orbit</a><sup id="cite_ref-Display_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Display-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">Geostationary orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">87° West</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Transponders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Band</th><td class="infobox-data">48 <a href="/wiki/Transponder_(satellite_communications)" title="Transponder (satellite communications)">transponders</a>:<br />24 <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C-band</a><br />24 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">Ku-band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bandwidth</th><td class="infobox-data">36 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">MHz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coverage area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/SES_Americom" title="SES Americom">SES constellation</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/SES-1" title="SES-1">SES-1</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/SES-3" title="SES-3">SES-3</a> →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>SES-2</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications 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It was launched alongside the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Satellite_Communications_Organization" title="Arab Satellite Communications Organization">Arabsat-5C</a> satellite. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spacecraft">Spacecraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SES-2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Spacecraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The platform is home to the first <a href="/wiki/Hosted_payload" title="Hosted payload">hosted payload</a>, a mechanism by which governmental entities can fly modules on commercial satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-SFN20111104_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFN20111104-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SpaceNews_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpaceNews-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hosted_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hosted-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It carries 24 <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C-band</a> and 24 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">Ku-band</a> transponders of 36 MHz capacity. Six of the channels in each band can be cross-strapped to the opposite band, enabling new service capability. The SES-2 satellite generates approximately 5.0 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">kW</a> of payload power and has two 2.3 m deployable reflectors.<sup id="cite_ref-Display_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Display-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also carries the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Commercially_Hosted_InfraRed_Payload&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commercially Hosted InfraRed Payload (page does not exist)">Commercially Hosted InfraRed Payload</a> (CHIRP) for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>. 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href="/wiki/AMC-6" title="AMC-6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-8" title="AMC-8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-10_(satellite)" title="AMC-10 (satellite)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-11" title="AMC-11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-15_(satellite)" title="AMC-15 (satellite)">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-16" class="mw-redirect" title="AMC-16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-18" title="AMC-18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-21" title="AMC-21">21</a></li> <li><i>Backups</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-7" title="AMC-7">AMC-7</a></li> <li><i>Retired</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-1" title="AMC-1">AMC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-2" title="AMC-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-3" title="AMC-3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-5" title="AMC-5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-9" title="AMC-9">9</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/AMC-14" title="AMC-14">AMC-14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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title="Astra 5A">5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius 3">Sirius 3</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1K" title="Astra 1K">Astra 1K</a></li> <li><i>Orbital positions</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 5°E">5.0°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_19.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 19.2°E">19.2°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_23.5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 23.5°E">23.5°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">28.2°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_31.5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 31.5°E">31.5°E</a></li> <li><i>Subsidiary</i>: <a href="/wiki/SES_Astra" title="SES Astra">SES Astra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/Ciel-2" title="Ciel-2">Ciel-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmen%C3%84lem_52%C2%B0E_/_MonacoSAT" title="TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT">MonacoSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuetzSat_1" title="QuetzSat 1">QuetzSat 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahsat_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahsat 1A">Yahsat 1A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_2010Orbital_launches_in_20112012_→618" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" 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href="/wiki/2012_in_spaceflight" title="2012 in spaceflight">2012 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elektro-L_No.1" title="Elektro-L No.1">Elektro-L No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-224" title="USA-224">USA-224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kounotori_2" title="Kounotori 2">Kounotori 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-09M" title="Progress M-09M">Progress M-09M</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kedr" title="Kedr">Kedr</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2470" title="Kosmos 2470">Kosmos 2470</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-225" title="USA-225">USA-225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Kepler_ATV" title="Johannes Kepler ATV"><i>Johannes Kepler</i> ATV</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Leonardo_(ISS_module)" title="Leonardo (ISS module)">Leonardo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2471" title="Kosmos 2471">Kosmos 2471</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Glory_(satellite)" title="Glory (satellite)">Glory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Explorer-1_Prime" title="Explorer-1 Prime">Explorer-1 [Prime]</a>, <a href="/wiki/KySat-1" title="KySat-1">KySat-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermes_(satellite)" title="Hermes (satellite)">Hermes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-226" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-226">USA-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-227" title="USA-227">USA-227</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-21" title="Soyuz TMA-21">Soyuz TMA-21</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO3" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO3">Compass-IGSO3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-229" title="USA-229">USA-229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resourcesat-2" title="Resourcesat-2">Resourcesat-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/YouthSat" title="YouthSat">YouthSat</a>, <a href="/wiki/X-Sat" title="X-Sat">X-Sat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahsat_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahsat 1A">Yahsat 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelsat_28" title="Intelsat 28">New Dawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-10M" title="Progress M-10M">Progress M-10M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_4" title="Meridian 4">Meridian 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-230" title="USA-230">USA-230</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Alpha_Magnetic_Spectrometer" title="Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer">AMS-02</a>, <a href="/wiki/ExPRESS_Logistics_Carrier" title="ExPRESS Logistics Carrier">ELC-3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telstar_14R" title="Telstar 14R">Telstar 14R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ST-2" title="ST-2">ST-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/GSAT-8" title="GSAT-8">GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-02M" title="Soyuz TMA-02M">Soyuz TMA-02M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAC-D" title="SAC-D">SAC-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasad_1" title="Rasad 1">Rasad 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ChinaSat_10" title="ChinaSat 10">ChinaSat 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-11M" title="Progress M-11M">Progress M-11M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2472" title="Kosmos 2472">Kosmos 2472</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-231" title="USA-231">USA-231</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-03</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Raffaello_MPLM" title="Raffaello MPLM">Raffaello</a>, <a href="/wiki/PSSC-2" title="PSSC-2">PSSC-2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlian_I-02" class="mw-redirect" title="Tianlian I-02">Tianlian I-02</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M083&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M083 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M083</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M088&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M088 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M088</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M091&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M091 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M091</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M085&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M085 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M085</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M081&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M081 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M081</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M089&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M089 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M089</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-12" title="GSAT-12">GSAT-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-3" title="SES-3">SES-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/KazSat-2" title="KazSat-2">KazSat-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-232" title="USA-232">USA-232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spektr-R" title="Spektr-R">Spektr-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO4" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO4">Compass-IGSO4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-02</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)" title="Juno (spacecraft)">Juno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1N" title="Astra 1N">Astra 1N</a>, <a href="/wiki/BSAT-3c" title="BSAT-3c">BSAT-3c</a>/<a href="/wiki/JCSAT-110R" class="mw-redirect" title="JCSAT-110R">JCSAT-110R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paksat-1R" title="Paksat-1R">Paksat-1R</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hai_Yang_2A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hai Yang 2A (page does not exist)">Hai Yang 2A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sich_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sich 2 (page does not exist)">Sich 2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=NigeriaSat-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigeriaSat-2 (page does not exist)">NigeriaSat-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=NigeriaSat-X&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigeriaSat-X (page does not exist)">NigeriaSat-X</a>, <a href="/wiki/RASAT" title="RASAT">RASAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/EduSAT" title="EduSAT">EduSAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/AprizeSat-5" class="mw-redirect" title="AprizeSat-5">AprizeSat-5</a>, <a href="/wiki/AprizeSat-6" class="mw-redirect" title="AprizeSat-6">AprizeSat-6</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=BPA-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BPA-2 (page does not exist)">BPA-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekspress-AM4" title="Ekspress-AM4">Ekspress-AM4</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-04</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-12M" title="Progress M-12M">Progress M-12M</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory">GRAIL-A</a> , <a href="/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory">GRAIL-B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhongxing-1A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhongxing-1A (page does not exist)">Zhongxing-1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2473" title="Kosmos 2473">Kosmos 2473</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabsat_5C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arabsat 5C (page does not exist)">Arabsat 5C</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">SES-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IGS_Optical_4" class="mw-redirect" title="IGS Optical 4">IGS Optical 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Bird_7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlantic Bird 7 (page does not exist)">Atlantic Bird 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TacSat-4" title="TacSat-4">TacSat-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiangong-1" title="Tiangong-1">Tiangong-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuetzSat_1" title="QuetzSat 1">QuetzSat 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2474" title="Kosmos 2474">Kosmos 2474</a> / <a href="/wiki/GLONASS-M" title="GLONASS-M">GLONASS-M 742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_18" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelsat 18">Intelsat 18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 16A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megha-Tropiques" title="Megha-Tropiques">Megha-Tropiques</a>, <a href="/wiki/SRMSAT" title="SRMSAT">SRMSAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/VesselSat-1" title="VesselSat-1">VesselSat-1</a>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jugnu_(satellite)" title="Jugnu (satellite)">Jugnu</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ViaSat-1" title="ViaSat-1">ViaSat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">Galileo-IOV FM1</a> , <a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">Galileo-IOV FM2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suomi_NPP" title="Suomi NPP">NPP</a>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/AubieSat-1" title="AubieSat-1">AubieSat-1</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_Ionosphere_CubeSat_Experiment" title="Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment">DICE-1</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_Ionosphere_CubeSat_Experiment" title="Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment">DICE-2</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/M-Cubed" title="M-Cubed">M-Cubed</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/RAX-2" title="RAX-2">RAX-2</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-13M" title="Progress M-13M">Progress M-13M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenzhou_8" title="Shenzhou 8">Shenzhou 8</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2475" title="Kosmos 2475">Kosmos 2475</a> , <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2476" title="Kosmos 2476">Kosmos 2476</a> , <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2477" title="Kosmos 2477">Kosmos 2477</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fobos-Grunt" title="Fobos-Grunt">Fobos-Grunt</a> , <a href="/wiki/Yinghuo-1" title="Yinghuo-1">Yinghuo-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 12</a> , <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tian_Xun-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tian Xun-1 (page does not exist)">Tian Xun-1</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-22" title="Soyuz TMA-22">Soyuz TMA-22</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiyan_Weixing_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiyan Weixing 4 (page does not exist)">Shiyan Weixing 4</a> , <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuang_Xin_1C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuang Xin 1C (page does not exist)">Chuang Xin 1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AsiaSat_7" title="AsiaSat 7">AsiaSat 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Mars Science Laboratory">Mars Science Laboratory</a> (<a href="/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)">Curiosity</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2478" title="Kosmos 2478">Kosmos 2478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO5" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO5">Compass-IGSO5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos-5" class="mw-redirect" title="Amos-5">Amos-5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luch_5A" title="Luch 5A">Luch 5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IGS_Radar_3" class="mw-redirect" title="IGS Radar 3">IGS Radar 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleiades_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pleiades (satellite)">Pléiades-HR 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/SSOT_(satellite)" title="SSOT (satellite)">SSOT</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_1" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 1">ELISA 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_2" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 2">ELISA 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_3" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 3">ELISA 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_4" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 4">ELISA 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NigComSat-1R&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigComSat-1R (page does not exist)">NigComSat-1R</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-03M" title="Soyuz TMA-03M">Soyuz TMA-03M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ziyuan-1C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ziyuan-1C (page does not exist)">Ziyuan-1C</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meridian_5" title="Meridian 5">Meridian 5</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M080&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M080 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M080</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M082&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M082 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M082</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M084&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M084 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M084</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M086&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M086 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M086</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M090&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M090 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M090</a>, <a 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