NSS 8

The Netherlands


Spacecraft n°:

Netherlands spacecraft n°: 5


Launch data:

Designation 07F01
Launch date 30 Jan 2007 - 23:22 UT
Launch site Odyssey, POR
Launch vehicle  Zenit-3SL (#24)
Mission Telecommunications
Decay 30 Jan 2007

Launch failure, rocket exploded on the launch platform.
Was to put in a geostationary orbit at 57°E.

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  Boeing Sea Launch
Operator New Skies Satellites
Platform  BSS-702
Mass at launch  5920 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Solar array  (triple junction gallium arsenide)
Stabilization  
Equipment  Four 25-cm XIPS
DC power  BOL: 18 kW

NSS-8 orbital Phases

C-band:


Main transponders 56
Coverage & EIRP max Europe, Middle East, Africa, India and Asia


Ku-band:


Main transponders 36
Coverge & EIRP max  

Mission details:

Mission details:



Ref.: #3(SD413), #7(JR576), #15, #78a - update: 29.09.13