Hispasat
Hispasat is a Spanish operator of communications satellites for radio and television programs, as well as telecommunications and multimedia services. The Madrid- based company was founded in 1989. In 1992 the first satellite, the Hispasat 1A, was launched . In 1996 the previously state-owned company was privatized. The current shareholders are Red Eléctrica (89.68%), SEPI (7.41%) and CDTI (2.91%). Hispasat is the world's seventh largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and the leading provider of content broadcast in Spanish and Portuguese .
The satellites
Retired
The Hispasat 1A and Hispasat 1B satellites supplied by Astrium were retired in 2003.
In service
Hispasat currently operates twelve satellites:
| designation | position | begin | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon 2 | 61 ° west | October 01, 2009 | 64 transponders Ku-band, C-band |
| Amazon 3 | 61 ° west | 02/07/2013 | 61 Ku-band, Ka-band , C-band transponders |
| Amazon 4A | 61 ° west | 03/22/2014 | 24 Ku-band transponders |
| Amazon 5 | 61 ° west | 09/11/2017 | 24 Ku-band transponders, 34 Ka-band spot beams |
| Hispasat 84W-1 | 30 ° west | 02/03/2000 | 24 Ku-band transponders |
| Hispasat 30W-4 | 30 ° west | 09/18/2002 | 28 Ku-band transponders |
| Hispasat 30W-5 | 30 ° west | 12/29/2010 | 53 Ku-band, Ka-band transponders |
| Hispasat 30W-6 | 30 ° west | 06.03.2018 | 57 Ku-band , C-band, Ka-band transponders |
| Hispasat 36W-1 | 36º West | 01/28/2017 | 20 transponders Ku-band, 3 Ka-band |
| Hispasat 55W-1 | 55 ° west | 08/05/2004 | 51 transponders Ku-band , C-band |
| SpainSAT | 30 ° west | 03/11/2006 | 13 transponders X-Band , Ka-Band military use via the subsidiary Hisdesat |
| XTAR-EUR | 29 ° East | 02/12/2005 | 12 X-band transponders for military use via the Hisdesat subsidiary |
Orbital positions
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Orbital positions of Hispasat |
reception
The satellites can be received in Europe , North Africa and North and South America . The services offered by Hispasat are primarily aimed at people from Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries.