SES-11 / EchoStar 105 is a geostationary

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operated by SES S.A. and

EchoStar EchoStar Corporation is an American company, a worldwide provider of satellite communication and Internet services through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. EchoStar is based out of unincorporated Ara ...

and designed and manufactured by

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. It has a mass of and has a design life of at least 15 years. The spacecraft had been ready to beam

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and video services across the Americas for SES S.A. and EchoStar. The

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has placed the satellite into a high-altitude supersynchronous transfer orbit.

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