Satélites Mexicanos
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Satélites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SATMEX) is a Mexican company that operate several artificial satellites.[1]
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[edit] History
SATMEX is the forerunner of the Sección de Servicios Fijos Satelitales de Telecomm (Telecomm's Satellite Fixed Service Section) founded in 1989. Telecomm (Telecomunicaciones de México) created by the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes took control over the operating Morelos Satellital System, launched in 1985. The Solidaridad Satellital System was launched between 1993 and 1994. The process to privatize the Telecomm Fixed Satellite Services Section began in 1995. In 1998 Satmex 5 was launched, and in 2006 Satmex 6 was launched.
[edit] Ground infrastructure
SATMEX has two different types of Control Centers. The Satellite Control Centers are responsible for the operation of Satmex's satellite fleet, and they are located in Mexico City and in Hermosillo, Sonora.
The Communications Control Centers (CCC) monitor the signals sent through Satmex's satellites and verify that users are operating within the assigned parameters. Satmex has Communications Control Centers in its corporate offices and in the both Satellite Control Centers.
[edit] Satellite systems
- Satélite Morelos I 113°W, decommissioned.
- Satélite Morelos II 116.8°W, decommissioned.
- Satélite Solidaridad I 109.2°W, lost in 2000 due electrical failure.
- Satélite Solidaridad II 113°W, moved to 114.9W in 2006.
- Satmex 5 116.8°W
- Satmex 6 113W
