Built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) and with an estimated useful life of 15 years, Amazonas 5 is the eleventh satellite of the Hispasat fleet. Hispasat’s Brazilian subsidiary, Hispamar, will be in charge of running the satellite.

Amazonas 5’s huge technological capacity will enable it to offer a wide range of communication services, both in the Ku band and Ka band, providing half a million people in several countries of South- and Central-America with broadband connectivity and internet services. Amazonas 5 will also provide regional operators with transport or backhaul services to roll out their 3G and 4G or even 5G cellular networks.

GMV’s input to this mission is supply of the satellite control center (hifly®) and flight dynamics system (focusGEO). The technology multinational is not the only Spanish participator; Spain’s space industry has in fact made a crucial contribution to this mission.