Update
Amazonas 2 North America Lunch Date Tomorrow October 1 2009
GMT
Between 09:59 p.m. and 11:10 p.m. on
October 1, 2009
Washington, D.C., USA
Between 05:59 p.m. and 07:10 p.m.
on October 1, 2009
Tokyo, Japan
Between 06:59 a.m. and 08:10 a.m.
on October 2, 2009
Paris, France
Between 11:59 p.m. and 01:10 a.m.
on October 1/2, 2009
The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2009 has moved to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport, readying it for tomorrow’s liftoff with the Amazonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 satellite payloads.
Today’s Ariane 5 transfer from its Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3
launch zone starts the final countdown leading to a departure scheduled at the start of a 1 hr., 11 min. launch window that opens at 6:59 p.m. local time in French Guiana.
Arianespace is keeping up the mission pace, with a total of seven flights planned during 2009 – the busiest year of launch activity for Ariane 5 since its commercial introduction in 1999.
The total lift performance for this upcoming launch is 9,087 kg., which includes 7,905 kg. for the Amazonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 satellites, along with the mass of Ariane 5’s SYLDA dual-payload dispenser and the associated integration hardware.
Riding as the upper payload in Ariane 5’s payload “stack,” Amazonas 2 will be released at 27 minutes into the flight. The satellite weighs approximately 5,500-kg. and will provide a wide range of telecommunications services over its coverage area extending from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
Amazonas 2 will be operated from an orbital slot of 61 deg. West, and is to be used by the Spanish-based HISPASAT telecommunications operator for relay capacity over the Americas with its 54 Ku-band transponders and 10 C-Band transponders. Based on EADS Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 spacecraft bus, the satellite has a design lifetime of 15 years, with an end-of-life power of 15.3 kW.
COMSATBw-1 has a liftoff mass of about 2,500 kg., and will be deployed from Ariane 5’s lower passenger position at just over 33 minutes into the flight. To be operated from an orbital position of 63 deg. East, this satellite will be a key element in the German Bundeswehr’s (German Armed Forces) concept for network-centric operations.
The spacecraft is to serve as the backbone of a strategic command infrastructure and interface for the Bundeswehr’s tactical arms, handling secure information – including voice, fax, data, video and multimedia applications – for use by units on deployed missions. It carries four SHF-band transponders and five UHF-band transponders, with a coverage area extending from America to eastern Asia.
Astrium is prime contractor for the German military telecommunications system’s space segment, which will comprise two satellites to be launched by Arianespace. Integration of both relay spacecraft is the responsibility of Thales Alenia Space, with the satellites based on the Spacebus platform. The payloads are provided by Astrium subsidiary TESAT.
The October 1 Ariane 5 launch will mark the 191st mission of an Ariane vehicle since the launcher family began operations in 1979.
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Great news
New Sat
Amazonas 2 North America KU / C Band will be lunched The end of September 2009.
Check this link from Hispasat ( Satellite owner )
http://www.hispasat.com/media//maqueta%20final.pdf
( Thank you )
You are
Project Amazonas 2
The speedy marketing of Amazonas 1, whose occupation rate exceeded 88 per cent at the end of 2006, in juny 2007, the
HISPASAT’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the construction of a new satellite,
Amazonas 2, for the orbital position of 61 degrees West.
The launch and subsequent commissioning of the said satellite is planned for 2009. The necessary investment for the development of this project by
HISPASAT will not require contributions by shareholders thanks to the cash flow generated by the business and to recent debt financing.
Amazonas 2 will have a useful life cycle of 15 years and will provide a wide range of communications services, including direct to home television (DTH), through a total of 64 simultaneous transponders, of which 54 will operate in Ku band and 10 in C band.
This new satellite will have a launching mass of 5.5 tons, a solar panel that, once it has been deployed in orbit, will measure 39 metres and over 14kW of power at the end of its useful life cycle. It will cover the continent of America from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego with optimised Ku band coverage for North America and South America. A
Amazonas 2 will also provide C band coverage over Latin American countries.
The new satellite will provide a modern and competitive communications capacity for Latin America both in the traditional spatial capacity hiring business and in relation to projects linked to technological innovation.
The investment in excess of 200 million euros, including the launch, insurance and land segment.
HISPASAT has signed a contract with EADS-Astrium to build the new satellite, which includes a significant level of direct participation by Spanish industry.
A large part of the building process of Amazonas 2 will take place in Spain. EADS CASA Espacio will be in charge of the antennas that will ensure the reception and transmission of communications signals. Thales Alenia Space España will supply input multiplexers and band Ku TCR equipment, for the communications repeater, which will be in charge of filtering and amplifying communications signals. Rymsa will supply horns for beacons and TCR antennas and Mier will build radio-frequency units.
Concerning the platform, Astrium Crisa will be responsible for providing electronic equipment required to control the actuators and pyrotechnic devices.
Together with the new contract,
HISPASAT has also signed an agreement with EADS-Astrium to develop an industrial return plan that will add over one hundred million euros to the direct participation of Spanish industry in Amazonas 2.
Tomorrow October 1 2009 Amazonas 2 North America
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