Amazonas Nexus at 61° W

also known as Amazonas Nexus 6, AMZ-NX, Intelsat 46, IS-46

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Technical details

Status: active
Orbital position: 61° WChannel line-up at 61° W | Coverage maps
NORAD number: 55508
COSPAR number: 2023-017A
Operator: Hispasat
Manufacturer: Thales Group
Model: Spacebus NEO
Launch: 07 Feb 2023 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch mass: 4146 kg
Expected lifetime: 15+ years
Callsign: S3086
Beacon: 11704.5, 12198
Orbit: GEO

About Amazonas Nexus

Ku-band HTS payload to to serve the Americas and North Atlantic air corridors as well as Ka-band payload for gateway communications replacing Amazonas-2 satellite

Other satellites at 61° W

Amazonas 2
Echostar 16
Echostar 18
Amazonas 3
Amazonas 5