Mission type Telecommunications Mission duration Planned 15 years Power 5773 W Launch mass 3,683 kg Rocket Ariane 5 Manufacturer SSL | COSPAR ID 2006-007A Dry mass 1,467 kg (3,234 lb) Launch date 11 March 2006 Launch mass 3,683 kg Bus SSL 1300 | |
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Launch site Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 Similar Skynet 5C, JCSAT‑5A, TDRS‑9, TDRS‑10, Spaceway‑3 | ||
Launch ariane 5 eca rocket with hot bird 7a spainsat
Spainsat is a Spanish telecommunications satellite used for military and governmental communications. It allows the telecommunications of the different missions of the Spanish Armed forces abroad by providing coverage on a wide area of the world ranging from the United States and South America to the Middle East, including Africa and Europe.
Contents
- Launch ariane 5 eca rocket with hot bird 7a spainsat
- Vol v170 ariane 5 eca hotbird 7a spainsat decollage takeoff liftoff
- Launch
- References
The satellite belongs to Hisdesat (Spanish company participated by Hispasat (43%), Ingeniería y Servicios Aeroespaciales (30%), EADS Casa (15%), Indra Espacio (7%) and Sener (5%)), and its initial investment was 415 million euros. It was built by Space Systems Loral in California (United States), being its expected useful life of, at least, 15 years. Its takeoff mass was about 3,700 kilograms. It is instrumented with several transponders in the X band and one in the K military band. It is situated on a geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres of altitude, 30 degrees west, over the Atlantic Ocean.
The satellite provides coverage to humanitarian, security and intelligence missions as well as to military operations, image transfers, embassy services and Spanish governmental communications.
Vol v170 ariane 5 eca hotbird 7a spainsat decollage takeoff liftoff
Launch
The satellite was launched on the 11th of March of 2006 at 22:33 GMT from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket of Arianespace.