Star One D1

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Star One D1

| names_list = Hispasat 84W-2
H84W-2

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Communications

| operator = Embratel

| COSPAR_ID = 2016-082B

| SATCAT = 41904

| website = https://www.embratel.com.br/

| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)
{{time interval|21 December 2016|show=ymd}} (in progress)

| spacecraft = Star One D1

| spacecraft_type =

| spacecraft_bus = SSL 1300E

| manufacturer = Space Systems/Loral

| launch_mass = {{cvt|6443|kg}}

| dry_mass =

| dimensions =

| power = 16 kW

| launch_date = 21 December 2016, 20:30 UTC

| launch_rocket = Ariane 5 ECA

| launch_site = Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3

| launch_contractor = Arianespace

| entered_service =

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 84° West

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 70 transponders:
28 C-band
24 Ku-band
18 Ka-band

| trans_frequency =

| trans_bandwidth =

| trans_capacity =

| trans_coverage = Brazil, Latin America

| programme = Star One constellation

| previous_mission = Star One C4

| next_mission = Star One D2

}}

Star One D1 is a communications satellite operated by Embratel Star One with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL) based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus. The satellite was successfully launched into space on 21 December 2016 at 20:30 UTC with an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana, together with the JCSAT-15. It had a launch mass of {{cvt|6340|kg}}.{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starone-d1.htm|title=Star One D1|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=11 December 2017|access-date=1 April 2021}}

Coverage

Star One D1 is equipped with 28 C-band transponders, 24 Ku-band transponders, and 18 Ka-Band transponders to meet the data, audio, video, and Internet demands of corporate and enterprise customers in Brazil, and Latin America.{{cite web|url=http://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2656|title=Star One D1|publisher=Satbeams|access-date=1 April 2021}}

In addition, the Star One D1 satellite is capable of being used by large companies and government institutions. The satellite is capable of receiving and transmitting television, radio, telephony, internet, and other data signals for entertainment, telemedicine, tele-education and business applications, necessary for the interconnection of the Latin Americans countries and essential for the most distant communities.{{cite web|url=http://overbr.com.br/embratel-anuncia-novo-satelite-o-star-one-d1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203040550/http://overbr.com.br/embratel-anuncia-novo-satelite-o-star-one-d1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2014|title=Embratel anuncia novo satélite: Star One D1|website=overbr.com.br|date=6 May 2014|access-date=11 January 2020}}

See also

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