Amazonas 5 at 61° W
also known as AMZ5
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 61° WChannel line-up at 61° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 42934
- COSPAR number
- 2017-053A
- Operator
- Hispasat
- Manufacturer
- Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
- Model
- LS-1300
- Launch
- 11 Sept 2017 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 5900 kg
- Dry mass
- 2471 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Beacon
- 12202.25, 11701.00
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band Brazil beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Amazonas 5
24 Ku-band transponders, 34 Ka-band spot beams to meet growing satellite capacity demand, mainly for satellite television platforms in Latin America and Brazil. Moreover, it has Ka band capacity to deal with new Internet connectivity services.