Hispasat Renames Part of Satellite Constellation

Hispasat’s new satellite naming designations. Photo: Hispasat

[Via Satellite 03-01-2016] Hispasat is redefining the designation system for its satellite fleet to maintain designation coherency as the operator’s fleet grows.

From this point on, satellites will use Hispasat as their primary name, to which complementary information will be added in reference to each satellite’s orbital position and their order of arrival. Hence, when a satellite changes its location, its designation will also change, adapting it to the satellite’s new orbital position.

Hispasat’s Amazonas satellites will keep their designation since they are fully established on the market with this name. However, Hispasat is using this change to reduce the designation Amazonas 4A to Amazonas 4, given the restructuring of the Amazonas 4B project into Amazonas 5.

For Hispasat capacity onboard other satellites, such as with Intelsat 34, these satellites will also be re-designated in accordance with this new criterion, provided authorization is granted by that operator.