Amazonas 2 at 61° W
also known as AMZ2
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 61° WChannel line-up at 61° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 35942
- COSPAR number
- 2009-054A
- Operator
- Hispasat
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Model
- Eurostar-3000
- Launch
- 30 Sept 2009 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 5460 kg
- Dry mass
- 2534 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2793
- Beacon
- 4500.1H, 11703V, 12198.25V
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Pan American Beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band North America Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America Beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Amazonas 2
54 Ku-band transponders, 10 C-band transponders to provide a full range of telecommunications services to Brazil, and North and South America