- AMC-7 (satellite)
Infobox Spacecraft
Name = AMC-7
Caption =
Organization =SES Americom
Major_Contractors =Lockheed Martin
Bus =A2100A (1)
Mission_Type = Communications (2)
Satellite_Of =Earth
Orbits =
Decay =
Launch =2000-09-14 , 22:54 UTC (2,3)
Launch_Vehicle = Ariane 5G (3)
Launch_Site =Guiana Space Centre
Pad ELA-3 (2,3)
Mission_Duration = 15 years (design life) (3,4)
NSSDC_ID = 2000-054B
Webpage = [http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/technical/satelliteFleet/amc7/index.php AMC-7 website]
Mass = convert|1983|kg|0|abbr=on (3)
Power = LEROS-1C (4)
Batteries =
Orbit_regime = GSO (3)
Longitude = 137° West (4)
Semimajor_Axis =
Eccentricity =
Inclination = 0° (5)
Orbital_Period = 1436.1 minutes (5)
Apoapsis = convert|35804.6|km|1|abbr=on (5)
Periapsis = convert|35782.2|km|1|abbr=on (5)
Orbits Daily = One (sidereal) (5)
Repetitivity =
Main_Instruments =
Transponders = 24 x 36 MHzC band (4)
Coverage = North 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=2008-07-05] , 2cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=2000-054B |title=NSSDC Master Catalog: GE 7 |work=NASA.gov |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2008-07-05] , 3cite web |url=http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/ge-7.htm |title=GE 7, 8 / AMC 7, 8, 10, 11, 18 (Aurora 3) |work=Skyrocket.de |first=Gunter |last=Krebs |date=2008-05-07 |accessdate=2008-07-05] , 4cite web |url=http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/technical/satelliteFleet/amc7/index.php |title=AMC-7 |work=SES-Americom.com |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-05] , 5cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=26495 |title=AMC-7 (GE-7) Satellite details |work=N2YO.com |accessdate=2008-07-05]AMC-7 is a commercial broadcast
communications satellite owned bySES Americom . Launched onSeptember 14 ,2000 , fromGuiana Space Center inKourou ,French Guiana , AMC-7 providesC band coverage to North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean islands and most of Mexico, and is located in ageostationary orbit over the Pacific Ocean east of Hawaii. The satellite is primarily used for cable television programming distribution.NASA TV is broadcast from this satellite on transponder 18C, as well as from its sister satellite, AMC-6, on transponder 17C.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/amc7/index.php AMC-7 website]
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