Proton-M/Briz-M launched the Amazonas 5 communications satellite for Spanish operator Hispasat from Baikonur. Built by SSL on the 1300 platform, the 5.9-ton satellite carries 24 Ku-band and 34 Ka-band beams for video and broadband service across Latin America.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T
- Flight
- 59th
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 11 September 2017, 19:23 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-053
- Launches in 2017
- 56th of 90
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