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GE-2, called AMC-2 after 2001, is a privately owned American communications satellite launched in 1997. It was the first of the GE series to be launched outside the United States . [ 1 ] It was launched by an Ariane 44L on 30 January 1997 at 22:04:00 UTC , flying from ELA-2 , Centre Spatial Guyanais alongside another satellite, Nahuel 1A .
AMC-9 (formerly GE-12) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES S.A. Launched on 6 June 2003, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on the 300th launch of a Proton family rocket, [3] AMC-9 is a hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite located at 83° West, covering Canada, United States, Mexico, and Caribbean.
On August 5, 2022, AMC 8 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 22 satellite. AMC-11: 131° W: Lockheed Martin: A2100A: 24 C-band, 20 watts (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean) 19 May 2004: Atlas 2AS [1] On December 1, 2022, AMC 11 ends its life cycle and was replaced by the SES 21 satellite. AMC-15: 105° W: Lockheed Martin: A2100AX: 24 K ...
SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States.The company started as RCA Americom in 1975 before being bought by General Electric in 1986 and then later acquired by SES in 2001.
It permanently replaces AMC-16, which was temporarily placed at 118.75° W due to delays in Anik F3 production. AMC-16 moved back to 85° W when Anik F3 was fully operational. A primarily international satellite with international channels once on 61.5, 121, or 148. Ciel-2: 129: December 10, 2008: Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-4000C4
AMC-1 is a geosynchronous communications satellite operated by SES, as part of the AMC fleet acquired from GE AMERICOM in 2001. It was a hybrid C-Band / Ku-band spacecraft currently located at 131° West, serving the Canada, United States, Mexico, and Caribbean. AMC-1 was replaced by the newer SES-3 satellite on 15 July 2011.
It was the third SES World Skies satellite to be launched following the merger, but the first to carry the new SES designation. [2] SES-1 operates in geostationary orbit , and is intended to be located at a longitude of 101° West, where it will replace the AMC-2 and AMC-4 satellites.
The Lockheed Martin A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series is designed for a variety of telecommunications needs including K a band broadband and broadcast services, fixed satellite services in C-band and K u band payload configurations, high-power direct broadcast services using the K u band frequency spectrum, and mobile satellite services using UHF, L-band and S-band payloads.