Payload
AMAZONAS 3
OperationalPayloadGEO
AMAZONAS 3 is a Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain) payload satellite, launched on February 7, 2013 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 7, 2013 at 09:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a & Amazonas 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,793 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Orbital period
- 1436.05 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain)
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,265 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,778 kg
- Power
- 14,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39078
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Spain- Radar cross-section
- 318.7396 m²
- Status
- Operational
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