Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Hispasat 1C |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Spain |
Operator/Owner |
Hispasat |
Users |
Commercial/Gov/Mil |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-29.93 |
Perigee (km) |
35764 |
Apogee (km) |
35808 |
Eccentricity |
0.00052187114526995 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.03 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.08 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3112 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1304 |
Power (watts) |
6000 |
Date of Launch |
04-02-2000 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Alcatel Space Industries |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Atlas 2AS |
COSPAR Number |
2000-007A |
NORAD Number |
26071 |
Comments |
Third of Spain´s communications satellites with government, commercial and military application; X-band heavily used; 24 transponders in Ku-band. |