Hispasat 30W-6
Names | Hispasat 1F[1] |
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Mission type | Communications satellite |
Operator | Hispasat |
COSPAR ID | 2018-023A |
SATCAT no. | 43228 |
Website | www |
Mission duration | ≈15 years (planned) [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | SSL 1300 |
Manufacturer | SSL |
Launch mass | 6,092 kg [2] |
Power | 11.5 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 05:33, March 6, 2018 (UTC)UTC[3] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 FT |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Inclination | 30° W |
Transponders | |
Band | Ku band C band Ka band |
Hispasat 30W-6 (formerly Hispasat 1F) is a Spanish communications satellite by Hispasat that launched on a Falcon 9 on March 6, 2018.[3] It is replacing at 30° West longitude and will provide service for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications.[2] The satellite features 4 × SPT-100 plasma propulsion engines.[2]
This mission also carried a small (90 kg) technology demonstration satellite called (PODSat), which was deployed from its mothership when still in a sub-geostationary transfer orbit.[4]
See also[]
- Hispasat 36W-1
References[]
- ^ a b SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch over payload fairing concerns. Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now. 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Hispasat 30W-6 (Hispasat 1F). Gunter Krebs. Gunter's Space Page. Accessed 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b SpaceX conducts 50th Falcon 9 launch with heavy Hispasat deployment. William Graham, Nasa Spaceflight. March 5, 2018.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "PODSAT 1". space.skyrocket.de. Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Satellites of Spain
- Spacecraft launched in 2018
- 2018 in Spain
- Satellites using the SSL 1300 bus
- SpaceX commercial payloads
- Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
- European spacecraft stubs
- Spain stubs