AngoSat-1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 26 Dec 2017, 07:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Zenit 3F (Zenith)

Provider: Sea Launch

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

AngoSat-1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Angosat and built by Russian RSC Energia. It is Angola's first communications satellite. Angosat-1 is fitted with C-band and Ku-band transponders and has an operational lifetime of 15 years.