Launch Services
Your Invested Partner Through All Phases of Launch Management
After building your satellite, preparing for launch is the next critical stage requiring rigorous verification activities.
With SES as your invested launch partner, you can rest assured that you are in the hands of experts with the experience of having successfully launched more than 145 spacecraft developed by 6 different manufacturers on 10 different launch vehicles.
Leverage SES’s Launch Management Expertise and Network
With SES’s Launch Services, you’ll have access to:
Expertise
With more than 60 years of experience and the highest success rate in the industry, SES has the right team to recommend the ideal launch vehicles for any satellite mass and orbit.
An Extensive Network
Through our extensive network of launch provider relationships, you’ll gain visibility into mission practices, launch schedules, and launch-base monitoring.
RFI/RFP Support
We’ll help you define requirements, manage negotiations, and work with launch insurance vendors. We’ll also provide engineering support for satellite and launch vehicle integration.
Launch Vehicle Analysis
You will have complete validation of launch vehicle capabilities and performance analysis, ensuring adherence to program objectives, and reviews for compatibility with the spacecraft for items such as structural, thermal, space environment, and vehicle compatibility.
Launch Services Procurement
An SES Launch Program Manager will provide oversight of the launch vehicle contract to help ensure success. Support during the evaluation and procurement process includes interface control documents, mission analysis, launcher environments analysis and evaluation, dynamic and thermal analysis, safety analysis, vibrations and shock analysis and all launch site operation plans.
Launch Execution
SES will establish a pre-launch field office at the launch site to monitor the integration of the spacecraft with the launch vehicle. We will also monitor integration and testing of the satellite with the launch vehicle and conduct launch readiness reviews, launch rehearsals, and oversee go/no-go decisions. You will receive status and progress reports related to launch throughout the process.
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