Brasilsat B1

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Brasilsat B1
Start date August 10, 1994, 23:05 UTC
Launcher Ariane 44LP V66
Launch site ELA-2 , Guyana Space Center
COSPAR-ID : 1994-049A
Takeoff mass 1760 kg
Mass in orbit 1052 kg
Manufacturer Hughes Space and Communications
(today: Boeing Satellite Systems )
model HS-376W
lifespan 12 years
Stabilization Spin
operator Embratel , Star One
Playback information
Transponder 28 C-band
Transponder performance 24 × 13 W , 4 × 15.5W
Bandwidth 27 × 36 MHz , 1 × 22 MHz
EIRP 38 dBW
Others
Electrical power Beginning: 1650 W
position
First position 70 ° west
Actual position 68 ° west
List of geostationary satellites

The Brasilsat B1 , which was launched in 1994, is a former broadcast satellite of the Brazilian telecommunications company Embratel . From December 2000 the newly founded subsidiary Star One was responsible for the operation.

reception

Brasilsat B1 could be received in the whole of America except Alaska , as well as the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa . The transmission took place in the C-band . In December 2010, the satellite was placed in cemetery orbit .

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