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Ku-band Rx
Amazonas 4A
Mission Partners
Hispasat
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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Prime contractor for Amazonas 4A
Arianespace
Launch provider
Specications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb.)
Solar Arrays: Four panels per array, UTJ Gallium
Arsenide cells
Stabilization: 3-axis stabilized; zero momentum system
Propulsion: Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system;
monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Batteries: Two >5053 W-Hr capacity Li-Ion batteries
Mission Life: 15 years
Orbit: 61
°
West Longitude
Payload
Ku-band
Repeater: 24 active transponders with two groups of
15-for-12 LCTWTAs
Antenna: 2.5 x 2.7 m single shell super-elliptical
deployable reectors
Launch
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Date: March 22, 2014
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