Ariane 44LP | Hispasat 1A & Satcom C3

Mission

Hispasat 1A & Satcom C3 (Communications)

Hispasat 1A was the first satellite in the national system operated by the Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat, for a dual civil/military mission, offering services to telecommunications operators and radio broadcasting both in Europe and North Africa and America. Satcom C3 was a second generation geostationary comsat built for RCA Americom.