AngoSat 1
| Mission type | Communication |
|---|---|
| Operator | Angosat |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | AngoSat 1 |
| Bus | USP Bus |
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Launch mass | 1,550 kg (3,420 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Planned: September 2017[1] |
| Rocket | Zenit-3F / Fregat-SB |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 45/1[2] |
| Contractor | Roscosmos |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | GEO |
| Longitude | 14° E |
| Transponders | |
| Frequency | 44 equivalent Ku band and 16 trp C band |
AngoSat 1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Angosat and built by the Russian company RSC Energia. It is the first communications satellite of Angola. The project was born out of a 2009 agreement between the governments of Angola and Russia, and work started in 2012. The spacecraft was originally supposed to be launched along the Energia 100 satellite on a Zenit-3SL with SeaLaunch in 2016, however political tensions following the annexation of Crimea and SeaLaunch legal issues made the use of the Ukrainian launcher uncertain. Consequently the launch was first moved to an Angara A5 / Blok DM-03 configuration, and finally back to a Zenit-3F version which is scheduled for launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in September 2017.[1][2] The satellite was financed by Rosoboronexport with a 286.2 million euro loan.[3][4]
Payload
The AngoSat 1 payload is composed of 16 C band and 6 Ku band transponders.[5]
See also
- 1 2 Pietrobon, Steven (19 May 2017). "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- 1 2 Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "AngoSat 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
- ↑ "Lançamento de satélite angolano volta a ser adiado, agora para 2017" [Launch of Angolan satellite delayed again, now to 2017] (in Portuguese). Radio Voz da Rusia. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ "Angola: U.S.$300 Million Invested in Angosat-1 Project". Angola PRESS. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ "Angosat 1". Satbeams. Retrieved 19 July 2016.