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AMC 13, 23
AMC 13 [Alcatel]
This series of satellites based on the new generation Spacebus-4000C3 platform has been originally ordered by GE-Americom as GE 1i, 2i, 3i, 4i and 2E. They were renamed to AMC after SES took over Americom and some were cancelled in this process.
AMC 13 features 60 C-Band transponders; it will provide digital TV, telecommunications, data and video transmissions, connecting over the Pacific Ocean North America and Asia Pacific.
AMC-13 was originally ordered as GE 2i. AMC-23 was originally ordered as GE 4i, renamed AMC 23 and cancelled, but later reinstated as an option. AMC 13 was reordered with a different transponder configuration in January 2004 as Worldsat 3, which was later renamed AMC 23.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | SES Americom |
| Contractors: | Alcatel Space |
| Equipment: | 60 C-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Spacebus-4000C3 |
| Propulsion: | S400, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 16 years |
| Mass: | 4816 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMC 13 (ex GE 2i) | - | reordered | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | → Worldsat 3 → AMC-23 | |
| AMC 23 (ex GE 4i) | - | cancelled | ? |
Further GE / AMC / AAP missions:
- GE 1, 2, 3 → AMC 1, 2, 3 [A2100A]
- GE 5 → AMC 5 [Spacebus-2000]
- GE 1E [Spacebus-3000B2]
- GE 1A → AAP 1 [A2100AX]
- GE 4, 6 → AMC 4, 6 [A2100AX]
- GE 7, 8 → AMC 7, 8, 10, 11, 18 [A2100A]
- AMC 4R, 5R [Star-2]
- AMC 9,
17[Spacebus-3000B3] - AMC 12,
22[Spacebus-4000C3] - AMC
13, 23[Spacebus-4000C3] - AMC 14 [A2100AXS]
- AMC 15, 16 [A2100AXS]
- AMC 21 [Star-2]
- AMC 23 [Spacebus-4000C3]
