COSPAR ID 2011-054A Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral Launch date 29 September 2011 Inclination 0.1° | Operator Quetzat Mission duration 15 years (planned) Inclination 0.1° Launch mass 5,514 kg Bus SSL 1300 | |
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Similar EchoStar XVI, EchoStar XIV, SES‑2, Nimiq 5, Telstar 14R | ||
QuetzSat 1 is a Mexican high-power geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Mexican operator QuetzSat (SES S. A./Grupo MedCom). It is positioned in geostationary orbit, and located at 77° West, from where it provide direct broadcasting services to United States and a part of Mexico for Dish Mexico.
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QuetzSat 1 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 32 Ku band transponder and at launch it had a mass of 5,514 kilograms (12,156 lb). It has a design life of fifteen years. QuetzSat 1 is part of the SES satellite fleet.
Launch
QuetzSat 1 was launched by International Launch Services using a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage from site 200 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 18:32 UTC on 29 September 2011. The launch successfully placed QuetzSat 1 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, making it the 49th comsat of the SES S. A. satellite fleet.
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