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SES-8: Launch vehicle, Satellite description & Prelaunch

SES-8 is a geostationary Communications satellite operated by SES SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 2013, 22:41:00 UTC.

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SES-8 topic overview

The analysis highlights Launch vehicle, Satellite description and Prelaunch as prominent areas in the source structure around SES-8.

Related topics
56
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
60
Extracted relationships
55
Concept neighborhoods
33
Bridge connections
60

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Launch vehicle · 29 topics
Satellite description · 13 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Prelaunch · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Band
33 Ku-band
Bandwidth
36 MHz
Bus
STAR-2.4
Contractor
SpaceX
COSPAR ID
2013-071A
Coverage area
South Asia, India, Indo-China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Satellite description

Launch vehicle

Prelaunch

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How SES-8 connects Entity context

The extracted context around SES-8 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, SES-8 → Asia-Pacific, DTH, East, Indo-China, It, NSS-6, Orbital Sciences Corporation, OSC, SES, South Asia, STAR-2, The, The SES-8, Very-small-aperture, VSAT Another extracted example is SES-8 → As, Cape Canaveral, Falcon, SES, SpaceX' Cape Canaveral SLC-40, The, These, US, When. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

SES-8

Top relations

related to Satellite description · 15
SES-8 → Asia-Pacific, DTH, East, Indo-China, It, NSS-6, Orbital Sciences Corporation, OSC, SES, South Asia, STAR-2, The, The SES-8, Very-small-aperture, VSAT
related to Launch vehicle · 9
SES-8 → As, Cape Canaveral, Falcon, SES, SpaceX' Cape Canaveral SLC-40, The, These, US, When
related to Second-stage reignition · 8
SES-8 → CASSIOPE, Falcon, In, Merlin, September, SES, SpaceX, The
Band · 1
SES-8 → 33 Ku-band
Bandwidth · 1
SES-8 → 36 MHz
Bus · 1
SES-8 → STAR-2.4
Contractor · 1
SES-8 → SpaceX
COSPAR ID · 1
SES-8 → 2013-071A
Coverage area · 1
SES-8 → South Asia, India, Indo-China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
Entered service · 1
SES-8 → February 2014

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

launch falcon spacex satellite rocket ses geostationary second 2013 first vehicle v1 orbit flight cape canaveral test utc larger slc-40

SES-8 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 55 structured relationships around SES-8. Examples in this analysis include SES-8 → Band → 33 Ku-band and SES-8 → Bandwidth → 36 MHz. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SES-8Band33 Ku-band1.00infobox
SES-8Bandwidth36 MHz1.00infobox
SES-8BusSTAR-2.41.00infobox
SES-8ContractorSpaceX1.00infobox
SES-8COSPAR ID2013-071A1.00infobox
SES-8Coverage areaSouth Asia, India, Indo-China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos1.00infobox
SES-8Entered serviceFebruary 20141.00infobox
SES-8Launch date3 December 2013, 22:41:00 UTC1.00infobox
SES-8Launch mass3,170 kg (6,990 lb)1.00infobox
SES-8Launch siteCape Canaveral, SLC-401.00infobox
SES-8Longitude95° East1.00infobox
SES-8ManufacturerOrbital Sciences Corporation1.00infobox
SES-8Mission duration15 years (planned) 12 years, 8 months, 21 days (elapsed)1.00infobox
SES-8Mission typeCommunication1.00infobox
SES-8OperatorSES1.00infobox
SES-8Power5 kW1.00infobox
SES-8Reference systemGeocentric orbit1.00infobox
SES-8RegimeGeostationary orbit1.00infobox
SES-8RocketFalcon 9 v1.11.00infobox
SES-8SATCAT no.394601.00infobox
SES-8Spacecraft typeGEOStar-21.00infobox
SES-8Websitehttps://www.ses.com/1.00infobox
SES-8is ageostationary Communications satellite operated by SES SES-8 was successfully launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3 December 20130.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around SES-8 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Orbit, V1 and Falcon. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • SES-8
    • Orbit
    • V1
    • Falcon
    • Spacex
    • Launch
    • Kw
    • Mission
    • Order
    • Slc-40
    • Utc
    • Stage
    • Canaveral
  • ses-8
    • Orbit
    • V1
    • Falcon
    • Spacex
    • Launch
    • Kw
    • Mission
    • Order
    • Slc-40
    • Utc
    • Stage
    • Canaveral
  • geostationary
    • Spacex
    • Transfer
    • Orbit
    • Ses
    • V1
    • Ses-8
    • Utc
    • Falcon
    • Flight
    • Launch
    • Satellite
    • Communication
  • spacex
    • Rocket
    • V1
    • Test
    • Canaveral
    • Cape
    • Flight
    • Launch
    • Orbit
    • Vehicle
    • Transfer
    • Slc-40
    • Utc
  • falcon 9 v1.1
    • Launch
    • V1
    • Ses-8
    • Rocket
    • Spacex
    • Canaveral
    • Cape
    • Geostationary
    • First
    • Second
    • Slc-40
    • Larger
  • geostationary transfer orbit
    • Ses-8
    • Spacex
    • Transfer
    • Orbit
    • Ses
    • V1
    • Supersynchronous
    • Utc
    • Date
    • Falcon
    • Mission
    • Order
  • falcon 9
    • Launch
    • V1
    • Ses-8
    • Rocket
    • Spacex
    • Canaveral
    • Cape
    • Geostationary
    • First
    • Second
    • Slc-40
    • Larger
  • launch vehicle
    • Second
    • Canaveral
    • Cape
    • Launch
    • Orbit
    • V1
    • Vehicle
    • First
    • Ses-8
    • Slc-40
    • Rocket
    • Spacex

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For SES-8, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects SES-8 with Launch vehicle. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SES-8Launch vehicle · splits 31 ⟂ 30
SES-8Satellite description · splits 47 ⟂ 14
SES-8Overview · splits 50 ⟂ 11
SES-8Prelaunch · splits 56 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

SES-8

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples55
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around SES-8 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Launch vehicle, Satellite description & Prelaunch, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — SES-8 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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