Geostationary
AMAZONAS 2
Commercial Communications (Latin America) · Hispasat / Spain
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A Hispasat commercial satellite serving the Americas, particularly Brazil and Latin America's growing satellite TV and broadband markets. Amazonas satellites provide the backbone for direct-to-home broadcasting across the Amazon basin and interior Brazil — bringing digital television to communities accessible only by river where no cable will ever reach and terrestrial signals cannot penetrate the jungle canopy.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,233–22,251 mi (35,781–35,809 km)
- Inclination
- 2.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 35942
- Int’l designator
- 2009-054A
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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