Amazonas 4A

El Nuevo y Mejor Amazonas 4A

 

Mission Description

The Amazonas 4A spacecraft, built for Hispasat, will feature 24 Ku-band active transponders to provide voice, wireless backhaul, internet, and media applications services to South America from an orbital location at 61 degrees West Longitude. The satellite will be based on Orbital's highly successful GEOStar™-2 spacecraft bus and will feature two 2.5 x 2.7 meter single shell super elliptical deployable reflectors. Launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana is planned for the first quarter of 2014. The contract for Amazonas 4A also includes an option for a second spacecraft to be based on a higher power Orbital spacecraft bus.