.jpg) Launch of Hispasat 30W-6 aboard Falcon 9 | |
| Names | Hispasat 1F[1] |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications satellite |
| Operator | Hispasat |
| COSPAR ID | 2018-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 43228 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | ≈15 years (planned) [1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | SSL 1300 |
| Manufacturer | SSL |
| Launch mass | 6,092 kg [2] |
| Power | 11.5 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 05:33, March 6, 2018 (UTC) UTC[3] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 FT |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Inclination | 30° W |
| Transponders | |
| Band | Ku band C band Ka band |
Hispasat 30W-6 (formerly Hispasat 1F) is a Spanish communications satellite by Hispasat that launched on a Falcon 9 on March 6, 2018.[3] It is replacing Hispasat 1D at 30° West longitude and will provide service for television, broadband, corporate networks and other telecommunications applications.[2] The satellite features 4 × SPT-100 plasma propulsion engines.[2]
This mission also carried a small (90 kg) technology demonstration satellite called Payload Orbital Delivery System Satellite (PODSat), which was deployed from its mothership when still in a sub-geostationary transfer orbit.[4]
- ^ a b SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch over payload fairing concerns. Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now. 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Hispasat 30W-6 (Hispasat 1F). Gunter Krebs. Gunter's Space Page. Accessed 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b SpaceX conducts 50th Falcon 9 launch with heavy Hispasat deployment. William Graham, Nasa Spaceflight. March 5, 2018.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "PODSAT 1". space.skyrocket.de. Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 9 March 2018.