SES 3
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SES-3, launched in July 2011, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SES. It supplies video distribution and data services across North America, including backup for air-traffic communications.
Source: Wikipedia — SES (company) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SES 3 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 37748 with international designator 11035A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by OSCD, on the Star-2.4 platform, with a launch mass of about 3112 kg, with a shape described as Box + 2 Pan. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its GEO orbit had an apogee of about 35.803 km and a perigee near 35.783 km, with an inclination of 1.48° and a period of roughly 1436.1 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 3.07 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, SES 3's apogee was 35.803 km, where its speed was about 3.07 km/s, completing about 1.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.