Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:36:00
Thursday February 7, 2013
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Flight VA214.
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 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
Manufacturer
ESAPrice
$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
68th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
204th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
7th
Orbital launch attempt