Amazonas 3

Amazonas 3
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Hispasat
COSPAR ID	2013-006A
SATCAT №	39078
Mission duration	15 years

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 (2013-02-07UTC21:36Z) UTC
Rocket	Ariane 5ECA VA212
Launch site	Kourou ELA-3
Contractor	Arianespace

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	61° west
Perigee	35,770 kilometres (22,230 mi)
Apogee	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".

Space program of Spain

Satellites

Communication	Spainsat 1 / XTAR-LANT XTAR-EUR Amazonas 1 2 3 4A 4B Hispasat 1A 1B 1C 1D AG1

Earth Observation	Deimos 1 2

SEOSat programme	Paz Ingenio

Science & Technology	Intasat LBSAT Minisat 01 Nanosat 1 1B UPM-LBSat 1 Xatcobeo OPTOS

Rockets

Suborbital	Argo INTA 100 255 300

Orbital	Capricornio

Tracking and launch sites

El Arenosillo

El Hierro (cancelled)

Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex

Institutions

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

Astronauts

Pedro Duque

Michael López-Alegría

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January	Kosmos 2482 · Kosmos 2483 · Kosmos 2484 \| JSE Reda 4 · Jissho Eisei \| STSAT-2C \| TDRS-11

February	Intelsat 27 \| Globalstar M078, M087, M093, M094, M095, M096 \| Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a · Amazonas 3 \| Progress M-18M \| Landsat 8 \| SARAL · Sapphire · NEOSSat · UniBRITE-1 · TUGSAT-1 · AAUSAT3 · STRaND-1

March	SpaceX CRS-2 \| USA-241 \| Satmex 8 \| Soyuz TMA-08M

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September	Yaogan 17 A, B, C \| LADEE \| Gonets-M No.14 · Gonets-M No.16 · Gonets-M No.17 \| Hisaki \| USA-246 \| Cygnus Orb-D1 \| Fengyun III-03 \| Kuaizhou-1 \| Soyuz TMA-10M \| CASSIOPE · CUSat · POPACS 1, 2, 3 · DANDE \| Astra 2E

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