Orbital Mexsat Bicentenario - Manual (Page 2)

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Mexsat Bicentenario
Specifications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass: 2,900 kg (6,393 lb.)
Payload Power: 3.5 kW
Solar Arrays: Three panels per array,
UTJ Gallium Arsenide cells
Stabilization: 3-axis stabilized; zero momentum system
Propulsion: Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system;
monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Batteries: Li-Ion batteries
Mission Life: ≥15 years
Orbit: 114.9 ° West Longitude
Hybrid Payload
C-band
Repeater:
12 active extended C-band transponders
Antenna: 2.3 m dual grid deployable reflector
Ku-band
Repeater:
12 active extended Ku-band transponders
Antenna: 2.5 x 2.7 m single shell super-elliptical
deployable reflector
Launch
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Date: December 19, 2012
Mission Partners
Federal Government of Mexico
Ministry of Communications and Transports
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Design, integration and test of the Mexsat Bicentenario satellite and
FSS ground segment
The Boeing Company
Prime contractor for the Mexsat satellite system; design, integration
and test of the Mexsat Centenario and Mexsat Morelos 3 spacecraft
Coverage Contour Maps
Ku-band Rx Ku-band Tx
C-band Rx C-band Tx