Amazonas 3

Amazonas 3

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Hispasat
COSPAR ID	2013-006A
SATCAT no.	39078
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 11 years, 10 months, 25 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LS-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass	6,265 kg (13,812 lb)
Power	14 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	7 February 2013, 21:36 UTC
Rocket	Ariane 5 ECA (VA212)
Launch site	Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3
Contractor	Arianespace
Entered service	April 2013
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	61° West
Hispasat constellation

Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain.^[2] It was launched by an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on 7 February 2013, with a launch mass of 6265 kg. It will provide C-band and Ku-band service in Brazil for a joint venture of Hispasat and the Brazilian telecommunications carrier Oi.

References

1. "AMAZONAS 3". N2YO.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. Jonathan McDowell (10 February 2013). "Jonathan's Space Report No. 674". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2013.