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Hispasat




First satellite to be launched was the Hispasat 1-A, in 11 September, 1992 using an Ariane 4, from the Centre Spatial Guyanais, in Kourou , ( French Guiana ) and put into Geostationary Orbit 36.000 km height of Equator at 30 ° West .


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Past

  • Hispasat 1A and 1B: analogue television. End of lifetime reached in 2003, although some transponders on 1B are still active.



Present

  • Hispasat 1C: 24 Transponder s for uplink and downlink from/to Europe and America. Provides digital television and radio services, as well as VSAT networks.

  • Hispasat 1D: 28 Transponder s in Ku Band , they replaced Hispasat 1A and 1B for civil services.

  • Amazonas: launched by a Proton Rocket , located at 61ºWest with 63 transponders equaling to 36 MHz operating in Ku and C bands.


Hispasat-1C and Hispasat-1D were built by Alcatel Space , based on a Spacebus 3000B2 platform.


Future

  • Amazonas-2: to be built by Astrium and delivered in orbit in 2009.

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CONTENT

Hispasat usually carries television and radio streams from Spain ( Digital+ ) and Portugal ( TV Cabo ), as well as Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries from Latin America .


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EXTERNAL LINKS


  • [http://www.hispasat.com/default.aspx?sectionsId=1&lang=en Hispasat official website]

  • ESOA website .

  • [http://www.eurotvguide.net Taquilla Guide]