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SGDC 1
SGDC 1 [Thales Alenia]
Brazilian state-owned telecommunications services provider Telebras has selected in August 2013 Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy to build the SGDC-1 (Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas, Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite) X- and Ka-band satellite for military and civil use.
Based on Alcatel Space Spacebus-4000C4 platform, the SGDC satellite is expected to weigh no more than 6,000 kilograms at launch and to operate at 75� west in a geostationary orbit.
The satellite was launched in 2017 on an Ariane-5ECA booster.
| Nation: | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Telebras |
| Contractors: | Thales Alenia Space |
| Equipment: | 50 Ka-band transponders, 7 X-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Spacebus-4000C4 |
| Propulsion: | S400 |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 18 years |
| Mass: | 5735 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGDC 1 | 2017-023A | 04.05.2017 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Koreasat 7 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
