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Hispasat 1C

successAtlas IIAS | Hispasat 1C

Hispasat 1C and 1D are powerful telecommunications satellite based on a Spacebus-3000B2 platform with 28 Ku-band channels built by Alcatel Space for the Spanish company HISPASAT S.A. They offer pan-European and pan-American multi-area coverage. This coverage can extend to certain areas of North Africa. The flexibility offered by the satellite's design will allow users to benefit from intercontinental links between Europe and the Americas.

Overview

Date / time
February 3, 2000 at 11:30 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 36B
Mission
Hispasat 1C
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

HISPASAT 1C
GEO