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Hispamar Satelites S.A.Manufacturer
Hispamar Satelites S.A.Amazonas Nexus Mission
2/7/2023
Hispasat ordered the Amazonas Nexus satellite from Thales Alenia Space in early 2020.
SpaceX is slated to launch the Amazonas Nexus geostationary satellite on 2023-02-05 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a Falcon 9.
SpaceX launched the Amazonas Nexus telecommunications satellite on 2023-02-06 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket.
The hosted-payload arrangement for Pathfinder 2 was made in 2018 when the Air Force awarded network integrator Artel a $19,000,000 contract to embed the mission on Amazonas Nexus.
Amazonas Nexus launched 2023-02-06 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 toward geostationary orbit to support Hispasat’s expansion into the Americas.
The new 0.004 kg nodes will be connected throughout 2023 using Hispasat’s Amazonas 3, Amazonas 5, and Amazonas Nexus satellites.