The Hispasat Amazonas Nexus satellite postpones its launch for 24 hours

Given the adverse weather conditions, those responsible for Space Launch Complex 40 of the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral (Florida) chose to delay the launch of the new satellite until this Monday. Hispasat Amazonas Nexus.

The next attempt will be today, February 6th, at 17:32 hours (23:32 Spanish time) where the conditions for the launch are expected to be 90% favorable in meteorological terms.

A Falcon 9 vehicle SpaceX will place the Amazonas Nexus in its transfer orbit about thirty minutes after the end of the countdown and, from there, the satellite will head towards the geostationary orbit in a journey that will last more than six months.

Once there, the established tests will be carried out for several weeks to verify its correct operation and, after that, it will be placed in its definitive orbital position at 61º West, where it will replace and will expand the capacity of Amazonas 2.

He Amazonas Nexus will cover the entire American continent, Greenland and the northern and southern corridors of the Atlantic and will be focused on connectivity services in remote areas and in air and maritime mobility environments.

This satellite represents a new era for the services provided by Hispasat as it has a Digital Transparent Processor (DTP) of the latest generation that will allow it to increase its geographical flexibility if changes occur in the commercial scenarios initially proposed.

Hispasat has reached several commercial agreements for the long-term capacity leasing of the Amazonas Nexus with operators and service providers in the government sphere, as well as in connectivity for the aviation sector and in remote environments.

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