Hispasat 1C

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Hispasat 1C
Start date February 3, 2000
Launcher Atlas IIAS
Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-36
COSPAR-ID : 2000-007A
Takeoff mass 3113 kg
Empty mass 2800 kg
Mass in orbit 1304 kg
Manufacturer Aérospatiale (now Alcatel Alenia Space )
Satellite bus Spacebus 3000 B2
lifespan 15 years (planned)
17 years (achieved)
operator Hispasat
Playback information
Transponder 24 Ku band
Transponder performance 120 W
Bandwidth 24 × 36 MHz
EIRP Europe 56 dBW
America 48 dBW
Others
Electrical power End: 6000 W
position
First position 30 ° west
Actual position Cemetery orbit (179.5 ° East)
List of geostationary satellites

Hispasat 1C was a television satellite operated by the Spanish satellite operator Hispasat . The program offered was aimed primarily at residents of the Iberian Peninsula .

The satellite was on 3 February 2000 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a Atlas II - carrier rocket launched into space. He worked for over 17 years until he was moved to cemetery orbit in June 2017.

reception

The satellite could be received in Europe , North America and South America .

The transmission took place in the Ku band .

Individual evidence

  1. Hispasat 1C at Gunter’s Space Page (English).

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