Amazonas 3
Appearance
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Hispasat |
COSPAR ID | 2013-006A |
SATCAT no. | 39078 |
Mission duration | 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | LS-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 6,265 kilograms (13,812 lb) |
Power | 14,000 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 February 2013, 21:36 | UTC
Rocket | Ariane 5ECA VA212 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 61° west |
Perigee altitude | 35,770 kilometres (22,230 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 35,815 kilometres (22,254 mi) |
Inclination | 0.04 degrees |
Period | 23.93 hours |
Epoch | 29 October 2013, 02:12:41 UTC[1] |
Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the Loral 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain.[2] It was launched by an Ariane 5-ECA carrier rocket on 7 February 2013, with a launch mass of 6265 kg. It will provide C and Ku band service in Brazil for a joint venture of Hispasat and the Brazilian telecommunications carrier Oi.
References
- ^ "AMAZONAS 3 Satellite details 2013-006A NORAD 39078". N2YO. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell (2013-02-10). "Jonathan's Space Report No. 674".