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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 1
Hispasat 55W-1

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Hispasat
COSPAR ID	2004-031A
SATCAT no.	28393
Mission duration	15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Eurostar 3000
Manufacturer	Astrium
Launch mass	4,545 kilograms (10,020 lb)
Dimensions	5,88 m x 2,4 m x 2,9 m (body) 36,10 m (solar arrays)
Power	9,500 watts (EOL)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	5 August 2004 (2004-08-05)
Rocket	Proton-M Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur, Kazakhstan
End of mission
Disposal	Graveyard orbit
Deactivated	23 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Transponders
Band	C, 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

External links

• Official website
• Amazonas 1

На других языках

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[de] Hispasat 55W-1

Hispasat 55W-1 (vormals Amazonas 1) war ein Fernsehsatellit des spanischen Satellitenbetreibers Hispasat. Er stellte vor allem Angebote für Bewohner lateinamerikanischer Länder zur Verfügung. Er war der fünfte von Hispasat gestartete Satellit und der sechste Satellit der Satellitenplattform Eurostar 3000 von Astrium.

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- [en] Amazonas 1

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