Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
SES-2 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies. It was launched on 21 September 2011 on an Ariane 5 ECA vehicle alongside the Arabsat-5C satellite. It entered into commercial service on 27 October 2011 in the 87° West orbital location.The platform is home to the first hosted payload a mechanism by which governmental entities can fly modules on commercial satellites.