Hispasat AG1

Hispasat AG1, also designated Hispasat 36W-1, was the first satellite built on OHB System's SmallGEO platform - a new medium-power geostationary bus developed under ESA's ARTES programme. Operated by the Spanish satellite operator Hispasat, it provides telecommunications services from 36° West covering Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, and South America.

First geostationary transfer orbit deployment by Soyuz from the Guiana Space Centre; all previous Soyuz launches from Kourou had flown to low or sun-synchronous orbits.