Amazonas 4a – Orbital Amazonas 4A User Manual
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Amazonas 4A
Mission Partners
Hispasat
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Orbital Sciences Corporation
Prime contractor for Amazonas 4A
Arianespace
Launch provider
Specifications
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 reflectors
Launch
Launch Vehicle:
Ariane 5
Site:
Kourou, French Guiana
Date:
March 22, 2014
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