AMC-4

Overview

AMC-4

names list	GE-4 (1999-2001) AMC-4 (2001-present)
mission type	Communications‡R1R‡
operator	GE Americom (1999-2001) SES Americom (2001-2009) SES World Skies (2009-2011) SES (2011-present)
cospar id	1999-060A
satcat	25954
website	SES-AMERICOM AMC-4
mission duration	15 years (planned) ‡R2R‡ (elapsed)
spacecraft	GE-4
spacecraft type	Lockheed Martin A2100
spacecraft bus	LM A2100AX
manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
launch mass	3895 kg
launch date	13 November 1999, 22:54 UTC
launch rocket	Ariane 44LP H10-3 (V123) ‡R3R‡
launch site	Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2‡R1R‡‡R3R‡
launch contractor	Arianespace
entered service	2000
orbit reference	Geocentric orbit
orbit regime	Geostationary orbit
orbit longitude	134.9° West ‡R2R‡
apsis	gee
trans band	52 transponders: 24 C-band 28 Ku-band‡R2R‡
trans frequency	36 MHz 72 MHz (4 Ku-band)
trans coverage	North America, Latin America, Caribbean‡R2R‡
programme	SES constellation
previous mission	AMC-3
next mission	AMC-5

AMC-4 (formerly GE-4) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES (and formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched in 1999, from Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 by Ariane 44LP H10-3. It provides coverage to North America, Latin America, Caribbean. Located in a geostationary orbit, AMC-4 provides service to commercial and government customers, with programming distribution, satellite news gathering and broadcast internet capabilities.[2]

AMC-4 was launched on 13 November 1999 at 22:54 UTC as GE-4, GE Americom's fourth A2100 hybrid C-band and Ku-band satellite. The C-band payload was home to national television networks broadcasting to thousands of cable television headends. AMC-4's Ku-band transponders served the direct-to-home (DTH), VSAT, business television and broadband Internet market segments. These Ku-band transponders are designed to be switchable between North and South American coverages.[2]

AMC-4

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