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AMC-21 is based on a STAR-2 satellite bus that provides 4.4 kilowatts of power for the communications payload. The platform will support a 15-year on-orbit mission life. [3] It carries 24 Ku-band transponders at 36 MHz, which will be used to broadcast television signals to Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.
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 ...
AMC-21: Orbital ATK GEOStar-2: United States SES: Comsat: Canada, United States, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America: 14 August 2008 Ariane 5 ECA: Ku-band satellite 123.0°W: Galaxy 18: LS-1300: United States Intelsat: Television and radio broadcasting North America: 21 May 2008, [[Zenit Hybrid C/K u-band satellite 2008-11-19 121.0°W: Galaxy-23 ...
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. SES-1 enables high-definition television signals to very small aperture terminals in the United States.
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.
AMC-4 (formerly GE-4) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES (and formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched in 1999, from Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 by Ariane 44LP H10-3. It provides coverage to North America, Latin America, Caribbean.
AMC-6, formerly GE-6, is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES Launched on 21 October 2000, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, AMC-6 became the fifth hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite in the GE Americom fleet.
AMC-23 (formerly GE-23) is an American geostationary communications satellite that was launched by a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 02:28:40 UTC on 29 December 2005. The 4,981 kg (10,981 lb) satellite to provide services to the Asia-Pacific, West Coast of the United States through separate beams to each region, after parking over the Pacific Ocean through its 18 (+4) C-band and 20 (+6) Ku ...