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| name                  = Amazonas 1<br/><small>Hispasat 55W-1</small>
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| mission_type          = [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|Communications]]
| operator              = Hispasat
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| COSPAR_ID             = 2004-031A
| SATCAT                = 
| mission_duration      = 15&nbsp;years

| spacecraft_bus        = [[Engineering:Eurostar (satellite bus)|Eurostar 3000]]
| manufacturer          = [[Company:Astrium|Astrium]]
| launch_mass           = {{convert|4545|kg|lb}}
| power                 = 9,500&nbsp;watts (EOL)<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazonas-1 |url=http://www.space-airbusds.com:80/en/programme/amazonas-1-5xk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724153024/http://www.space-airbusds.com:80/en/programme/amazonas-1-5xk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2014 |publisher=Airbus Defence and Space|accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref>
|dimensions             = 5,88 m x 2,4 m x 2,9 m (body)<br/>36,10 m (solar arrays)

| launch_date           = {{start-date|5 August 2004}}
| launch_rocket         = [[Engineering:Proton-M|Proton-M]] Briz-M
| launch_site           = Baikonur, Kazakhstan
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| disposal_type         = [[Astronomy:Graveyard orbit|Graveyard orbit]]
| deactivated           = {{end-date|23 June 2017}}

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| orbit_reference       = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[Astronomy:Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
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| trans_band            = [[Astronomy:C band (IEEE)|C]], [[Astronomy:Ku band|Ku]]
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'''Amazonas 1''' or '''Hispasat 55W-1''' was a [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] based on the [[Engineering:Eurostar (satellite bus)|Eurostar 3000]] satellite bus and owned by satellites operator Hispasat, based in [[Place:Madrid|Madrid]], Spain. It was launched on 5 August 2004, with a launch mass of 4,5&nbsp;ton, on a [[Engineering:Proton-M|Proton-M]] Briz-M launcher to be located in the 61º W [[Astronomy:Geostationary orbit|geostationary]] position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazonas 1 → Hispasat 55W-1 |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/amazonas-1.htm |website=Gunter's Space Page |accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref>

Amazonas 1 payloads were 36 [[Astronomy:Ku band|Ku band]] [[Astronomy:Transponder (satellite communications)|transponders]] that provided communications services in Europe and America, and 27 [[Astronomy:C band (IEEE)|C band]] transponders that provided services in America. In 2013 it was relocated to the 36º W position and replaced by [[Engineering:Amazonas 3|Amazonas 3]].

In March 2016, Hispasat announced that Amazonas 1 would be renamed as Hispasat 55W-1. Finally, the satellite was moved to a [[Astronomy:Graveyard orbit|graveyard orbit]] and deactivated on 23 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazonas|url=https://www.hispasat.com/lib/pdf/es/Coberturas-Amazonas-1.pdf|language=Spanish|accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=El Amazonas 1 acaba su vida útil y es llevado a la órbita cementerio|url=https://www.hispasat.com/contenidos/notas-de-prensa/0/277-622---reorbiting-amz1_es.pdf|language=Spanish|accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.hispasat.com/Detail.aspx?SectionsId=69&lang=es Official website]
* [http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=28393 Amazonas 1]


[[Category:Communications satellites]]



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