Payload
QUETZSAT 1
OperationalPayloadGEO
QUETZSAT 1 is a SES S.A. -- total capacity leased to subsidiary of EchoStar Corp. payload satellite, launched on September 29, 2011 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 29, 2011 at 06:32 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,798 km
- Periapsis
- 35,776 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A. -- total capacity leased to subsidiary of EchoStar Corp.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,514 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-054A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37826
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Mexico- Radar cross-section
- 219.4788 m²
- Status
- Operational