| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | AMC-8 (Americom-8, GE-8, Aurora 3) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -139 |
| Perigee (km) | 35773 |
| Apogee (km) | 35798 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000296521213127587 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.03 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.07 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 2015 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 919 |
| Power (watts) | 3300 |
| Date of Launch | 19-12-2000 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5G |
| COSPAR Number | 2000-081B |
| NORAD Number | 26639 |
| Comments | Cable television and radio programming; 24 C-band; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean |