Launch vehicle
Proton-M Briz-M
- Height
- 53 m
- Diameter
- 7.4 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 68
- First flight
- 2001-04-07
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch Successful
Amazonas-1
Proton-M Briz-M
Historical mission record
This page records Proton-M Briz-M | Amazonas-1 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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