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Hispasat's new bird set for Ariane launch
Hispasat's new bird set for Ariane launch
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has given its new Amazonas satellite contract to Arianespace for launch in 2009.
Amazonas 2 will be placed at 61º West. Amazonas 2 will be the fifth Spanish satellite to be launched by Arianespace following the launches of both Hispasat 1A and 1B in 1992 and 1993 respectively, and of the hybrid Spainsat/Xtar-Eur in 2006.
Arianespace will use a giant Ariane 5ECA rocket from its French Guyana space centre at Kourou. Amazonas 2 is being built by EADS-Astrium, will have a useful life of at least 15 years and will carry a total of 64 transponders of which 54 will operate in Ku band and 10 in C band. The new Spanish satellite only to be operational over “the Americas” (matching Amazonas 1), and with a launch mass of 5.5 tons, with solar panels when fully deployed in orbit of more than 39 metres. Hispasat's investment on its new satellite is in excess of EUR200 million
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18-12-2007, 11:19 PM
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