SES-8 will be co-located with NSS-6 at 95 degrees East to provide growth capacity over Asia and the Pacific region.
SES-8 will support the rapid growth of markets in South Asia and Indo-China through its high performance beams, as well provide expansion capacity for DTH applications and deliver SD and HD channels to the region.
SpaceX’s customer for its SES-8 mission is the satellite communications provider SES. In this flight, the Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the SES-8 satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SES-8 is a commercial telecommunications satellite.
The SES-8 launch window will open at approximately 5:37 p.m. EDT on November 25, 2013 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida. If all goes as planned, the SES-8 satellite will be deployed into its geosynchronous transfer orbit approximately 33 minutes after liftoff.
