Amazonas 1 payloads were 36 Ku bandtransponders that provided communications services in Europe and America, and 27 C band transponders that provided services in America. In 2013 it was relocated to the 36º W position and replaced by Amazonas 3.
In March 2016, Hispasat announced that Amazonas 1 would be renamed as Hispasat 55W-1. Finally, the satellite was moved to a graveyard orbit and deactivated on 23 June 2017.[3][4]
References
^. Airbus Defence and Space. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^"Amazonas 1 → Hispasat 55W-1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^"Amazonas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^"El Amazonas 1 acaba su vida útil y es llevado a la órbita cementerio" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
amazonas, hispasat, communications, satellite, based, eurostar, 3000, satellite, owned, satellites, operator, hispasat, based, madrid, spain, launched, august, 2004, with, launch, mass, proton, briz, launcher, located, 61º, geostationary, position, hispasat, 1. Amazonas 1 or Hispasat 55W 1 was a communications satellite based on the Eurostar 3000 satellite bus and owned by satellites operator Hispasat based in Madrid Spain It was launched on 5 August 2004 with a launch mass of 4 5 ton on a Proton M Briz M launcher to be located in the 61º W geostationary position 2 Amazonas 1Hispasat 55W 1Mission typeCommunicationsOperatorHispasatCOSPAR ID2004 031ASATCAT no 28393Mission duration15 yearsSpacecraft propertiesBusEurostar 3000ManufacturerAstriumLaunch mass4 545 kilograms 10 020 lb Dimensions5 88 m x 2 4 m x 2 9 m body 36 10 m solar arrays Power9 500 watts EOL 1 Start of missionLaunch date5 August 2004 2004 08 05 RocketProton M Briz MLaunch siteBaikonur KazakhstanEnd of missionDisposalGraveyard orbitDeactivated23 June 2017 2017 06 24 Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeGeostationaryTranspondersBandC Ku Amazonas 1 payloads were 36 Ku band transponders that provided communications services in Europe and America and 27 C band transponders that provided services in America In 2013 it was relocated to the 36º W position and replaced by Amazonas 3 In March 2016 Hispasat announced that Amazonas 1 would be renamed as Hispasat 55W 1 Finally the satellite was moved to a graveyard orbit and deactivated on 23 June 2017 3 4 References Edit Amazonas 1 Airbus Defence and Space Archived from the original on 24 July 2014 Retrieved 1 November 2020 Amazonas 1 Hispasat 55W 1 Gunter s Space Page Retrieved 1 November 2020 Amazonas PDF in Spanish Retrieved 1 November 2020 El Amazonas 1 acaba su vida util y es llevado a la orbita cementerio PDF in Spanish Retrieved 1 November 2020 External links EditOfficial website Amazonas 1 Portal Spaceflight This article about one or more spacecraft of Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amazonas 1 amp oldid 1105600120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
