Payload
AMAZONAS 4A
Partially operationalPayloadGEO
AMAZONAS 4A is a Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain) payload satellite, launched on March 22, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 22, 2014 at 10:04 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ASTRA 5B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,802 km
- Periapsis
- 35,771 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain)
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,938 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-011A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39616
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Spain- Radar cross-section
- 163.5012 m²
- Status
- Partially operational
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