flown missionSuccess
Proton-M Briz-M | Amazonas-1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center200/39 (200L) — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Amazonas-1
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
The Amazonas 1 Latin American satellite, launched in the summer of 2004, is the fifth and most powerful satellite launched by the Spanish telecommunications satellite organization Hispasat so far. It provides a full range of both fixed and broadcast communications services, including TV broadcasting, business services, VSAT and data broadcasting, to the whole of the American continent, together with a transatlantic link for Europe and North Africa, over a 15-year mission lifetime.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Family
- Proton / UR-500
- Variant
- Briz-M
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 46.0400, 63.0321