Hispasat 36W-1 becomes operational over LATAM, Europe
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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez
| 27 May 2017

The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite has reached its final orbital position at 36° West and it will begin to offer comms services over South America and Europe.


With 20 transponders on the Ku-band and additional capacity on the Ka-band, the satellite is the first mission of the new SmallGEO platform, developed by Germany’s OHB System AG, the European Space Agency and Hispasat.

This platform allows a substantial reduction in satellite mass thanks to the use of electric propulsion throughout the lifespan of the satellite, which lifted off from the base of Kourou in French Guiana on 27 January*aboard a Soyuz rocket from Arianespace.

The H36W-1 satellite*also incorporates RedSAT, a regenerative payload consisting of a novel active antenna with reconfigurable beams that, together with the on-board processor, improves the efficiency and performance offered by the satellite.