XTAR-LANT at 30° W
also known as Spainsat 1
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 30° WChannel line-up at 30° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 28945
- COSPAR number
- 2006-007A
- Operator
- XTAR LLC
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
- Model
- LS-1300
- Launch
- 11 Mar 2006 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 3408 kg
- Dry mass
- 1467 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- X-band Caribbean/Latin America beam (X band) View footprint
- X-band Europe beam (X band) View footprint
- X-band Global beam (X band) View footprint
- X-band North America beam (X band) View footprint
- X-band North Africa beam (X band) View footprint
About XTAR-LANT
8 X-band (4 RHCP + 4 LHCP) and 1 Ka-band transponders to provide commercial X-band services to U.S., European and Allied government agencies and military forces covering the United States, South American and African continents and the Middle East. (2 global, one fixed and 3 steerable beams)