Hispasat c after seventeen years in service "rests" already in a graveyard orbit

Hispasat 1 c after seventeen years in service "rests" already in a graveyard orbit The third satellite of the Hispasat fleet has effectively provided service from two orbital positions, 30 and 84 West.

HISPASAT He has completed this weekend the reorbitado their satellite Hispasat 1 c (H1C, subsequently called H30W-3, H84W-1, by the two orbital positions in that). This process, which began on May 29, after the transmission of the last command from the center of Control of satellites of Hispasat in Arganda del Rey, has been completed today, once the satellite has effectively rendered services of communications for 17 years, two more than initially foreseen useful life.

The Hispasat 1 c satellite was launched on February 3, 2000 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard of the Atlas IIAS rocket, the ILS company. Built by Thales Alenia Space Company, was located in the orbital position 30 West (Hispasat 30W-3). With this satellite Hispasat began in 2003 the marketing of its broadband services in Latin America, which have been used by more than 20 clients of the operator in the region. In addition, the capacity of the Hispasat 1 c has been used for projects of e-learning, as the Plan Ceibal of Uruguay or the program Subtel in Chile, MEDNET project of tele-medicine in Peru, to connect remote areas of Antarctica in Argentina or the development of energy industries, livestock and fisheries in various areas of the region.

Based on the Spacebus B2 platform, satellite had 24 transponders in Ku-band and its main services were the distribution of television channels, both in Europe and in America, and other telecommunications solutions, such as corporate networks and broadband applications. Throughout its useful life, the Hispasat 1 c has made 22.850 transmissions and more than 1,200 maneuvers controlled from Earth, and has witnessed 1,544 eclipses of Earth and moon 36.

In 2014, after an agreement reached between Hispasat and Star One, the satellite was derived to the position 84 degrees West and was renamed Hispasat 84W-1. Since this new Brazilian position he continued providing service to Latin America, mainly Internet access and IP communications.

For Bertrand Maureau, Vice President of Telecomunicaciones de Thales Alenia Space, "the life of the Hispasat 1 c has exceeded our contractual commitment, clearly reflecting the reliability characterizing our fleet of satellites Spacebus. With the development of this satellite, Thales Alenia Space strengthened ties with the Spanish industry with companies such as CASA, GMV, Indra, Mier, RYMSA, SENER and Thales Alenia Space Espa a, proving our ability and commitment to the countries partners who contribute to business growth in the space sector".

Antonio Abad, Hispasat operations and technical director, pointed out that "the Hispasat 1 c satellite has exceeded our expectations. We have managed to provide services with guarantees during 17

years and has been a privilege to have counted with the participation of Spanish industry in its development. A part of this technological success, together with Thales Alenia Space, the manufacturer of the satellite company undoubtedly corresponds to it".

El sat lite termina as su viaje desde 84 Oeste, a 36.000 Km. de distancia de la Tierra, hacia los 36.300 Km., donde ha sido definitivamente ubicado en la denominada rbita cementerio , tal y como establecen las recomendaciones de la Uni n Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT) y el Comit de Coordinaci n Inter-Agencia de Basura Espacial (Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee), para el buen mantenimiento de la rbita geoestacionaria cuando un sat lite finaliza su vida til.

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