Mission record
Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a & Amazonas 3
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:36:07 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5275 ever
Mission
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a is Azerbaijan's first satellite in space, it covers Europe and a significant part of Asia and Africa, it transmits TV, radio and broadband from 46 degrees East. Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite owned by Hispasat from 61 degrees West.
Deployed payloads · 2