| Amazonas 1 Hispasat 55W-1 | |
| Mission Type: | Communications |
| Operator: | Hispasat |
| Cospar Id: | 2004-031A |
| Mission Duration: | 15 years |
| Spacecraft Bus: | Eurostar 3000 |
| Manufacturer: | Astrium |
| Launch Mass: | 4545kg (10,020lb) |
| Power: | 9,500 watts (EOL)[1] |
| Dimensions: | 5,88 m x 2,4 m x 2,9 m (body) 36,10 m (solar arrays) |
| Launch Rocket: | Proton-M Briz-M |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Kazakhstan |
| Disposal Type: | Graveyard orbit |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Geostationary |
| Trans Band: | C, Ku |
Amazonas 1 or Hispasat 55W-1 was a communications satellite based on the Eurostar 3000 satellite bus and owned by satellites operator Hispasat, based in Madrid, Spain. It was launched on 5 August 2004, with a launch mass of 4,5 ton, on a Proton-M Briz-M launcher to be located in the 61º W geostationary position.[2]
Amazonas 1 payloads were 36 Ku band transponders that provided communications services in Europe and America, and 27 C band transponders that provided services in America. In 2013 it was relocated to the 36º W position and replaced by Amazonas 3.
In March 2016, Hispasat announced that Amazonas 1 would be renamed as Hispasat 55W-1. Finally, the satellite was moved to a graveyard orbit and deactivated on 23 June 2017.[3] [4]