Launched in August 2004, Amazonas-1 offers a wide range of telecommunications services to users in Latin America, including Brazil and North America, including the transatlantic route to Europe. The Amazonas satellite for Latin America is the fifth launched by Hispasat and the third in a series of Astrium Eurostar E3000. Placed in geostationary orbit at 61 ° west longitude over the Amazon basin, it has 51 transponders (32 Ku-band and 19 C band) simultaneously providing services such as broadcast TV programs and radio communications corporate voice and data, telephony, broadband services and access to the Internet. Weighing 500 kg to 4 launch, Amazonas-1 is equipped with solar panels 35 feet wide once deployed in orbit and provide

a power of 9.5 kilowatts at the end of life. It will be operational for over 10 years.