SmallGEO
Spacecraft · Spain
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Small bus for geosynchronous satellites, by OHB of Bremen, Germany.
More at: SmallGEO.
Subtopics
- EDRS C / HYLAS 3 Null
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- Country
- Spain
Chronology
1 event
2017 January 28
01:03 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELS. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-ST-B.- Hispasat 36W-1 - .
Nation: Spain.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: SmallGEO.
USAF Sat Cat: 41942 . COSPAR: 2017-006A. Apogee: 35,754 km (22,216 mi). Perigee: 252 km (156 mi). Inclination: 5.40 deg.
See Hispasat 36W-1. Spanish Hispasat 36W-1 communications satellite (3220 kg at launch, 1700 kg dry) was the first SmallGEO bus, made by OHB of Bremen, Germany. It was launched to geotransfer orbit by a Soyuz ST-B/Fregat in the first GTO launch by a Soyuz from Kourou.