Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
AMC-6 (Americom-6, GE-6) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-71.98 |
Perigee (km) |
35778 |
Apogee (km) |
35795 |
Eccentricity |
0.000201629641929477 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.05 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.12 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3901 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2500 |
Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
22-10-2000 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Proton K |
COSPAR Number |
2000-067A |
NORAD Number |
26580 |
Comments |
Business (government and VSAT), media and entertainment; 28 Ku- and 24 C-band; CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America |