| Amazonas 3 | |
| Mission Type: | Communications |
| Operator: | Hispasat |
| Cospar Id: | 2013-006A |
| Satcat: | 39078 |
| Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft Bus: | LS-1300 |
| Manufacturer: | Space Systems/Loral |
| Power: | 14 kW |
| Launch Date: | 7 February 2013, 21:36 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Ariane 5 ECA (VA212) |
| Launch Site: | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
| Launch Contractor: | Arianespace |
| Entered Service: | April 2013 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit[1] |
| Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
| Orbit Longitude: | 61° West |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Programme: | Hispasat constellation |
| Previous Mission: | Hispasat 1E |
| Next Mission: | Amazonas 4A |
Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain.[2] It was launched by an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle on 7 February 2013, with a launch mass of 6265 kg. It will provide C-band and Ku-band service in Brazil for a joint venture of Hispasat and the Brazilian telecommunications carrier Oi.