Amazon 4A
| Amazon 4A | |
|---|---|
| Start date | March 22, 2014, 22:04 UTC |
| Launcher | Ariane 5 ECA |
| Launch site | Center Spatial Guyanais |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2014-011A |
| Takeoff mass | 3000 kg |
| Empty mass | 1241 kg |
| Dimensions | 4.7 m × 2.5 m × 3.2 m |
| Span in orbit | 23 m |
| Manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| Satellite bus | GeoStar 2.4 |
| lifespan | 15 years |
| Stabilization | Three-axis |
| operator | Hispasat |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 24 Ku-Band (two 15-for-12 Linearized Channel Amplifiers TWTA ) |
| Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | > 6.2 kW (4.8 kW for payload) |
| Power storage | two 5053 Wh Li-Ion batteries |
| position | |
| First position | 61 ° west |
| drive | Liquid two-substance for transfer, one-substance hydrazine for orbit control |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Amazonas 4A is a commercial communications satellite owned by Hispasat .
It was on March 22, 2014 22:04 UTC with an Ariane 5 ECA - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Guiana Space Center in Kourou , together with Astra 5B into a geostationary brought orbit.
The three-axis stabilized satellite with 24 Ku-band - transponders equipped and two 2.5 x 2.7 m sized antennas and is intended on the position of 61 degrees West from the South American Continent of Venezuela and Colombia in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south with communication services , especially to supply television programs. It was built on the basis of the GeoStar 2.4 satellite bus from Orbital Sciences Corporation and has a planned service life of 15 years. Five Spanish companies have developed and supplied important parts for the satellite payload. The satellite is operated by an Argentine subsidiary of the Hispasat group.
Web links
- Orbital: Amazonas 4A - launch announcement ( memento of March 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Gunters Space Page: Amazon 4A
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hispasat: Amazonas-4a ( Memento from June 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Arianespace: Launch Kit for the Ariane flight VA216 (PDF)
- ↑ a b c Orbital: Amazonas 4A Factsheet ( Memento from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 1 MB)
- ↑ a b raumfahrer.net: Ariane 5 launches two communication satellites , Günther Glatzel, accessed on Sunday, March 23, 2014