SpaceX launched a high-power Spanish communications satellite Monday that will serve government and corporate users in the Americas, Greenland and along Atlantic Ocean air and maritime shipping corridors.
"One of the main target markets for this satellite is mobility, in particular in-flight connectivity and maritime ," Ignacio Sanchis, chief commercial officer of satellite owner Hispasat, told"We will also be providing connectivity services for governments and corporations in the fields of energy, oil and gas, etc., as well as telcos and mobile network operators in extending their cellular networks," Sanchis added.
Thirty-six minutes later, after dropping off the first stage and carrying out two upper stage engine firings, the rocket released Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus relay station into an elliptical orbit. Along the way, the first stage flew itself to touchdown on an off-shore landing barge. An artist's concept of the Amazonas Nexus communications satellite in orbit showing its coverage of the Americas, Greenland and large swaths of the Atlantic Ocean.Built by Thales Alenia Space, the 4.5-ton Amazonas Nexus is a"high-throughput satellite," or HTS, featuring a next-generation Digital Transparent Processor, a"technological breakthrough," the company says, that will allow the satellite to be upgraded in orbit for different applications.
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