22911 - SOLIDARIDAD 1

Solidaridad-1, a Mexican geostationary communcations spacecraft, was launched by an Ariane 44 LP rocket. It provided television, telecommunications, data, facsimile, and business network services in C-band and Ku-band, and mobile communications in L-band. The Solidaridad satellites covered the Mexican republic, with spot beam for the Caribbean, the southern US, and South America.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1993-11-20
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 2776.0 kg