AMC-6 (satellite)

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Name = AMC-6


Caption =
Organization = SES Americom
Major_Contractors = Lockheed Martin
Bus = A2100AX ⁽¹⁾
Mission_Type = Communications ⁽²⁾
Satellite_Of = Earth
Orbits =
Decay =
Launch = 2000-10-21, 22:00 UTC ^(2,3)
Launch_Vehicle = Proton-K Block DM3 ⁽³⁾
Launch_Site = Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Pad LC-81/23 ^(2,3)
Mission_Duration = 15 years (design life) ^(3,4)
NSSDC_ID = 2000-067A
Webpage = [http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/technical/satelliteFleet/amc6/index.php AMC-6 website]
Mass = convert|3909|kg|0|abbr=on ⁽³⁾
Power = LEROS-1C ⁽⁴⁾
Batteries =
Orbit_regime = GSO ⁽³⁾
Longitude = 72° West ⁽⁴⁾
Semimajor_Axis =
Eccentricity =
Inclination = 0° ⁽⁵⁾
Orbital_Period = 1436.1 minutes ⁽⁵⁾
Apoapsis = convert|35789.5|km|1|abbr=on ⁽⁵⁾
Periapsis = convert|35799.3|km|1|abbr=on ⁽⁵⁾
Orbits Daily = One (sidereal) ⁽⁵⁾
Repetitivity =
Main_Instruments =
Transponders = 24 x 36 MHz C band
24 x 36 MHz K_u band
4 x 72 MHz K_u band ⁽⁴⁾
Coverage = North and South America ⁽⁴⁾
Resolution =
Swath =
Spectral_Band =
Data_rate =
SSR =
IMG_Resolution =
Refs = 1cite web|url=http://www.satellite-evolution.com/PDF%20Files/Seemea-%20pdfs/Futron.pdf |title=Satellite Manufacturing Special |work=Satellite-evolution.com |page=p. 4 |date=September/October 2004 |accessdate=2008-06-11] , 2cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=2000-067A |title=NSSDC Master Catalog: GE 6 |work=NASA.gov |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2008-06-11] , 3cite web |url=http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/ge-4.htm |title=GE 4, 6 / AMC 4, 6 / Rainbow 2 |work=Skyrocket.de |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |date=2008-05-31 |accessdate=2008-06-11] , 4cite web |url=http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/technical/satelliteFleet/amc6/index.php |title=AMC-6 |work=SES-Americom.com |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-06-11] , 5cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=26580 |title=AMC-6 (GE-6) Satellite details |work=N2YO.com |accessdate=2008-07-05]

AMC-6 is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES Americom. Launched on October 21, 2000, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, AMC-6 became the fifth hybrid C band/K_u band satellite in the Americom fleet. The satellite provides coverage to the continental United States, Canada, the Caribbean islands, southern Greenland, and Central and South America. Located in a geostationary orbit parallel to the eastern United States coastline, AMC-6 provides service to commercial and government customers, and is used as an Internet platform due to its wide coverage and redundancy. Some of its capabilities include VSAT networking, satellite news gathering and K_u band transceiver service.

NASA TV is broadcast from this satellite on transponder 17C, as well as from its sister satellite, AMC-7, on transponder 18C.cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/digital.html |title=Digital NASA TV |work=NASA.gov |first=Brian |last=Dunbar |date=2007-09-06 |accessdate=2008-06-03]

References

External links

* [http://www.ses-americom.com SES-Americom]
* [http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/technical/satelliteFleet/amc6/index.php AMC-6 website]