QuetzSat-1

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QuetzSat-1
Start date September 29, 2011
Launcher proton
Launch site Baikonur
COSPAR-ID : 2011-054A
Takeoff mass 5,514 kg
Empty mass 2,346 kg
Manufacturer Space Systems / Loral
Satellite bus SS / L 1300
lifespan 15 years
Stabilization Three-axis
operator EchoStar subsidiary
Playback information
Transponder 32 Ku band
Others
Electrical power 20 kW
position
First position 77 ° West
List of geostationary satellites

QuetzSat-1 is a commercial communications satellite operated by a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation and owned by QuetzSat of Mexico, which is 49% owned by SES SA .

It was placed in geostationary orbit by International Launch Services on September 29, 2011 at 20:32 CEST with a Proton-M / Bris-M launcher from the Baikonur rocket launch site .

The three-axis stabilized satellite with 32 Ku - transponders equipped and is (television, for example.) Supplied from the position 77 ° West from Mexico, the US and Central America with telecommunications services. It was built by Space Systems / Loral on the basis of the SS / L 1300 satellite bus and has a planned service life of 15 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. SatBeams: QuetzSat-1
  2. SES: SES-SATELLIT QUETZSAT-1 LAUNCHED ON BOARD AN ILS-PROTON ROCKET ( Memento from 7 July 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. SES: QuetzSat ( Memento from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. a b ILS Proton rocket successfully carries the SES Quetzsat-1 satellite into space , September 30, 2011
  5. nasaspaceflight: ILS Proton-M successfully launches with QuetzSat-1 , September 29, 2011