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 |