Hispasat 36W-1 (Hispasat AG1)

Launch data: Designation  41942 / 17006A Launch date  28 Jan 2017 - 01:03 UT Launch site  CSG, ELS Launch vehicle  Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT Mission  Com: Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35782 x 35805 km Eccentricity  9,49E-05 Inclination   0.0° Period  1436.1 min

Description:

• HISPASAT 36W-1 is a Spanish-owned communications satellite built in Germany to test new commercial telecom technologies and provide video, voice and data relay services. The HISPASAT 36W-1 satellite, the product of a $250 million public-private partnership, will operate from a location in geostationary orbit at 36 degrees west longitude over the Atlantic Ocean, reaching Hispasat′s clients in Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands and South America during a 15-year mission. The spacecraft was jointly developed and funded by ESA and OHB in the ′SmallGEO′ program, aimed at producing a new European medium-class satellite design for commercial and institutional missions. Europe′s two largest spacecraft contractors, Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space, primarily build heavier communications satellites.

Mission details:

• The Spanish Hispasat 36W-1 communications satellite (3220 kg at launch, 1700 kg dry) is the first SmallGEO bus, made by OHB of Bremen, Germany.
  It was launched to geotransfer orbit by a Soyuz ST-B/Fregat in the first GTO launch by a Soyuz from Kourou.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking