Hispasat 36W-1
| Hispasat 36W-1 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | January 28, 2017 at 01:03 UTC |
| Launcher | Soyuz ST-B / Fregat -MT VS16 |
| Launch site | Center Spatial Guyanais , ELS |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2017-006A |
| Takeoff mass | 3200 kg |
| Dimensions | 3.7 × 1.9 × 2 m |
| Manufacturer | OHB |
| Satellite bus | SmallGEO |
| lifespan | 15 years (planned) |
| operator | Hispasat |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 20 Ku-band and 3 Ka-band transponders |
| position | |
| First position | 36 ° west |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Hispasat 36W-1 (until March 2016: Hispasat AG1) is a communications satellite operated by the Spanish operator Hispasat . It is expected to provide communications services to the Canary Islands and South America from geostationary orbit 36º West.
The satellite was launched on January 28, 2017 with a Soyuz rocket from the Kourou spaceport . This was the first Soyuz launch from French Guiana in a geotransfer runway .
The satellite was built by the German space company OHB . It is the first satellite based on the new SmallGEO satellite bus , which will also be used for other missions. After around 25 years, a telecommunications satellite developed and built in Germany has now launched into space again.
Hispasat 36W-1 has 20 transponders in the Ku-band and 3 in the Ka-band . The satellite's payload was supplied by Tesat-Spacecom .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunter Krebs: Hispasat 36W-1 (Hispasat AG1). In: Gunter's Space Page. January 28, 2017, accessed January 28, 2017 .
- ↑ AFP, dpa, ndo: Space travel: The satellite built in Bremen has arrived in space . In: The time . January 28, 2017 ( zeit.de ).
- ↑ Chris Bergin and William Graham: Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launches Hispasat 36W-1. nasaspaceflight.com, January 27, 2017, accessed January 28, 2017 .
- ↑ SmallGEO's first flight reaches orbit , esa.int
- ↑ Hispasat 36W-1 , hispasat.com
- ↑ Hispasat H36W-1 , ohb-system.de