AMC-8
Names | GE-8 (2000-2001) AMC-8 (2001-present) Aurora-3 (2000-present) Aurora-III |
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Mission type | SES S.A. (2011-present) |
COSPAR ID | 2000-081B |
SATCAT no. | 26639 |
Website | SES World Skies - AMC-8 |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 23 years, 4 months, 6 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | GE-8 |
Bus | A2100 |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
Launch mass | 2,015 kg (4,442 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 December 2000, 00:26 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5G (V138) |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 139° West |
Transponders | |
Band | 24 C-band |
Frequency | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Canada, Alaska, United States, Mexico, Caribbean |
AMC-8, also known as Aurora III, previously GE-8, is a C-band satellite located at 139° West, covering the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It is owned and operated by SES World Skies,[1] formerly SES Americom and before that GE Americom. The satellite provides critical telecommunications services to AT&T Alascom, which occupies most of the satellite's capacity. AMC-8 was launched in 2000 as GE-8, and replaced Satcom-C5 in March 2001.
AMC-8 was used by thousands of terrestrial radio stations for network feeds using ground equipment from Starguide, X-Digital Systems, Wegener and International Datacasting. Major tenants were Cumulus Media Networks Satellite Services (which includes
It carries 24 36 MHz C-band transponders, with 20 watts SSPA amplifiers.[2] Its amplifier redundancy is 16 for 12, and its receiver redundancy is four for two. It carries two beacons, one broadcasting on a horizontal frequency of 3700.5 MHz, and the other on a vertical frequency of 4199.5 MHz.
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References
- ^ "AMC-8". SES World Skies. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "GE 7, 8 / AMC 7, 8, 10, 11, 18 (Aurora 3)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 April 2021.