First flight

Hispasat 36W-1 provides Europe, the Canary Islands and South America with faster multimedia services through its Redsat payload, which offers better signal quality and flexible land coverage. Redsat, together with a traditional commercial payload that uses advanced Ka- and Ku-band transmitters, enables H36W-1 to provide advanced connectivity services based on the latest communication standards.

Hispasat 36W-1 is part of Hispasat's (ES) fleet of geostationary communications satellites. OHB System AG (DE) was responsible for integrating and testing the satellite before launch, testing it once it reached orbit and taking it though early operations before handing control over to Hispasat.

The SmallGEO/Hispasat 36W-1 satellite marks the first partnership between ESA and a Spanish operator.