Amazonas Nexus [TAS]
Amazonas Nexus is a planned high-throughput geostationary communications satellite of Hispasat to cover the entire American continents, the North Atlantic corridor, as well as Greenland.
Hispasat and Thales Alenia Space signed a contract for the construction of Amazonas Nexus in January 2020. The 4500 kg satellite will be built on the all-electric propulsion Spacebus-Neo-200 bus with a power of 20 kW. It features a Ku-band High Throughput Payload to serve the Americas and North Atlantic air corridors and a Ka-band payload for gateway communications. It will notably include a fifth generation transparent digital processor (DTP), which can digitally process the transmitted data. Amazonas Nexus will have a life time of more than 15 years.
Nation: | Spain |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | Hispasat |
Contractors: | Thales Alenia Space |
Equipment: | Ku-band High Throughput Payload, Ka band payload |
Configuration: | Spacebus-Neo-200 |
Propulsion: | ?, electric propulsion |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | +15 years |
Mass: | 4500 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Amazonas Nexus | - | 2022 | CC | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |