SES-4SES-4 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies.SpacecraftSES-4 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the SSL-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 52 C-band, and 72 Ku-band transponders, and at launch it had a mass of. It has a design life of fifteen years.LaunchIt was launched on 14 February 2012, at 19:36:37 UTC on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle, the launch was arranged by International Launch Services, since Baikonour, Site 200/39.MissionIt is positioned at 22° West orbital location over Atlantic Ocean, replacing NSS-7.