Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain.[2] It was launched by an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on 7 February 2013, with a launch mass of 6265 kg. It will provide C-band and Ku-band service in Brazil for a joint venture of Hispasat and the Brazilian telecommunications carrier Oi.
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Hispasat |
COSPAR ID | 2013-006A |
SATCAT no. | 39078 |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 11 years, 6 months, 19 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | LS-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 6,265 kg (13,812 lb) |
Power | 14 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 February 2013, 21:36 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA (VA212) |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Entered service | April 2013 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 61° West |
References
edit- ^ "AMAZONAS 3". N2YO.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell (10 February 2013). "Jonathan's Space Report No. 674". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2013.