Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · GTO
SES-17 is a Ka-band high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space designed to provide mobile internet services to airline passengers over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. Syracuse 4A is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SES-17 2021-095A | Payload | 35783 × 35791 km · 0.0° | Globe |
| SYRACUSE 4A 2021-095B | Payload | 35781 × 35796 km · 0.0° | Globe |
| ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] 2021-095C | Debris | re-entered 2026-06-30 | |
| ARIANE 5 R/B 2021-095D | Rocket body | 262 × 31973 km · 5.5° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2021-095 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).