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