Amazonas 3 at 61° W
also known as AMZ3
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 61° WChannel line-up at 61° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 39078
- COSPAR number
- 2013-006A
- Operator
- Hispasat
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
- Model
- LS-1300
- Launch
- 07 Feb 2013 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 6265 kg
- Dry mass
- 2819 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2886/2865
- Beacon
- 20200
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Americas beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Brazil beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Europe beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band North America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW1D - Sao Paulo forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW2D - Buenos Aires forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW3D - Mexico City forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW4D - Brasilia forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW5D - Mexico City forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW6D - Bogota forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW7D - Santiago forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW8D - Lima forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot FW9D - Rio forward beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT1D - Tucson GW2 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT2D - Laredo GW1 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT3D - Laredo GW1 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT4D - Arica GW3 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT5D - Laredo GW1 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT6D - Tucson GW2 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT7D - Tucson GW2 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT8D - Tucson GW2 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot RT9D - Laredo GW1 return beam (Ka band) View footprint
About Amazonas 3
33 Ku-band and 19 C-band to provide services covering Brazil, Latin America and the United States. 9 Ka-band spot beams are also included, providing the first Ka-band coverage over Latin America.