Amazonas-3 & Azerspace-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:36:00

Thursday February 7, 2013

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Launch Notes

Flight VA214.

Amazonas-3

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Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the Loral 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain. It was launched by an Ariane 5 ECA carrier rocket on 7 February 2013, with a launch mass of 6265 kg. It provides C and Ku band service in Brazil for a joint venture of Hispasat and the Brazilian telecommunications carrier Oi.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,265 kilograms

Azerspace-1 (Africasat-1A)

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Azerspace-1/Africasat-1A is Azerbaijan's first satellite in space. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, it was launched by Ariane 5 into orbit on February 7, 2013, from Kourou in French Guiana at orbital positions 46° east. The satellite covers Europe and a significant part of Asia and Africa. It is operated by the Azerbaijani company Azercosmos and has transmission capabilities for TV, radio broadcasting, and the internet.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,275 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 5 ECA

Active 2002 to 2023

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Price

$200.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 53m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 10,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

15,120 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 17m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

ELA-3

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

24 days 3 hours

Stats

Ariane 5


68th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2013

European Space Agency


204th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2013

2013


7th

Orbital launch attempt