Amazonas 5 [SS/Loral]
Official name AMAZONAS 5
Alternative name Amazonas 5
Cospar ID 2017-053A
Norad ID 42934
Launch date 2017-09-11
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3)
Country/Organization Spain
Type application Communication
Operator Hispasat
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.13
Inclination (deg) 0.03
Perigee (km) 35774
Apogee (km) 35801
Eccentricity 0.000377226685295145
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00269474211945
Semi-Major axis (km) 42165.635
Raan (deg) 317.3851
Arg of perigee (deg) 59.8272
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 5900
Height (m) 8.1
Width (m) 2.9
Depth (m) 2.9
Span (m^2) 26
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)
Equipment 24 Ku-band transponders, 34 Ka-band spot beams
Propulsion ?
Configuration SSL-1300
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries (11.5 kW)

Amazonas 5 is a Ku- and Ka-band communications satellite for broadband and telecommunications services in Latin America.

HISPASAT ordered the Amazonas 5 satellite in December 2014 from SSL. It will replace the performance loss of the Amazonas 4A satellite and also replace the cancelled Amazonas 4B satellite.

The satellite will be built on SSL's SSL-1300 bus and carries 24 transponders in Ku band, directed a Brazil and the remaining Latin American countries, and 34 spot beams in Ka band distributed throughout Latin America. It is to be placed at will be located at 61° west. Launch took place in September 2017 on a Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
AMAZONAS 5 2017-053A 2017-09-11 TTMTR Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3)