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GE 5 / AMC 5
GE 5 (AMC 5) [Alcatel]
The GE 5 satellite was the former argentinean Nahuel 1B satellite, which was sold to GE Americom when the argentinean owner did not need the spare and modified to the new owners needs.
With 16 Ku-band transponders, GE 5 provides direct-broadcast TV, broadband communication and Internet access to homes in the USA.
When GE Americom was taken over by SES, it was renamed AMC 5.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | GE Americom → SES Americom |
| Contractors: | Dornier Satellitensysteme (prime), Aerospatiale (bus) |
| Equipment: | 16 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Spacebus-2000 |
| Propulsion: | S400 |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 12 years |
| Mass: | 1721 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE 5 → AMC 5 (ex Nahuel 1B) | 1998-063B | 28.10.1998 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44L H10-3 | with AfriStar |
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]
