QuetzSat-1

QuetzSat -1 is a commercial communications satellite to be operated by a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation and is one of Mexico's QuetzSat that 49% of SES SA heard.

He was taken on 29 September 2011 at 20:32 CEST with a Proton-M/Bris-M rocket from Baikonur launch site by International Launch Services in geostationary orbit.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 32 Ku transponders and is intended (eg TV ) supply of position 77 ° West from Mexico, the United States and Central America with telecommunications services. It was built by Space Systems / Loral based on the SS / L 1300 satellite bus and has a design life of 15 years.