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Program: Hispasat. Objective: Communications. Overview: Domestic communications satellite network.

Major Events:

1992 September 10 - Hispasat 1A. Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000. Mass: 2,194 kg (4,836 lb). Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Vehicle: Ariane.
Stationed at 30 deg W. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 30 deg W in 1992-1999 As of 3 September 2001 located at 29.99 deg W drifting at 0.013 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 83.37E drifting at 3.458W degrees per day.

1993 July 22 - Hispasat-1B. Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000. Mass: 2,120 kg (4,670 lb). Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Vehicle: Ariane.
Stationed at 30 deg W. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 30 deg W in 1993-1999 As of 5 September 2001 located at 30.13 deg W drifting at 0.024 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 8 located at 157.75E drifting at 1.953W degrees per day.

2000 February 3 - Hispasat 1C. Spacecraft: Spacebus 3000. Mass: 3,112 kg (6,860 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Atlas.
Spanish domestic geosynchronous communications satellite. Stationed at 30 deg W. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 30 deg W in 2000. As of 3 September 2001 located at 30.14 deg W drifting at 0.013 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 30.01W drifting at 0.005W degrees per day.

2002 September 18 - Hispasat 1D. Spacecraft: Spacebus 3000. Mass: 3,250 kg (7,160 lb). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Atlas.
Launch delayed from May 28, August 14. Hispasat 1D was a Spanish geostationary communications spacecraft. The 3.3-ton, 7.0-kW satellite carried three antennae looking in different directions to provide video, data, and Internet services to Europe, North America, and North Africa via 28 Ku-band transponders after being parked over 30° W longitude alongside Hispasat 1A, 1B, and 1C. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 29.97W drifting at 0.014W degrees per day.

2004 August 4 - Amazonas. Spacecraft: Spacebus 3000. Mass: 4,545 kg (10,020 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Proton.
Delayed from June, July 25. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 61.03W drifting at 0.005W degrees per day.

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