Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
AMC-16 (Americom-16) |
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) |
-84.98 |
Perigee (km) |
35780 |
Apogee (km) |
35793 |
Eccentricity |
0.000154187373240188 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.02 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.1 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4312 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
17-12-2004 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle |
Atlas 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2004-048A |
NORAD Number |
28472 |
Comments |
Hybrid Ku-Ka-band satellite; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii. |