AMC 9
AMC 9 [Alcatel]
SES Americom's AMC-9 (ordered as GE 12 by GE Americom) was constructed on Alcatel's highly reliable Spacebus-3000B3 platform – over 30 spacecraft based on this platform are in service.
The spacecraft features twenty-four 36 MHz C-band transponders and twenty-four 36 MHz Ku-band transponders, providing service into the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean from 79º W orbital location.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | SES Americom |
| Contractors: | Alcatel Space |
| Equipment: | 24 C-Band and 24 Ku-Band transponders |
| Configuration: | Spacebus-3000B3 |
| Propulsion: | S400 |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 4100 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMC 9 (ex GE 12 ?) | 06.06.2003 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Briz-M |
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-4000) - AMC
13, 23(Spacebus-4000) - AMC 14 (A2100AXS)
- AMC 15, 16 (A2100AXS)
- AMC 21 (Star-2)
- AMC 23 (Spacebus-4000)
