Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | NSS-10 (AMC-12, Americom 12, Worldsat 2) |
Country of Operator/Owner | Netherlands |
Operator/Owner | SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)) |
Users | Commercial |
Purpose | Communications |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Type of Orbit | |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -37.37 |
Perigee (km) | 35778 |
Apogee (km) | 35795 |
Eccentricity | 0.000201629641929477 |
Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 5396 |
Dry Mass (kg.) | |
Power (watts) | |
Date of Launch | 03-02-2005 |
Expected Lifetime | 16 yrs. |
Contractor | Alcatel Space Industries |
Country of Contractor | France |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Proton/Breeze M |
COSPAR Number | 2005-003A |
NORAD Number | 28526 |
Comments | 72 C-band transponders. |