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AMC-1

Communications satellite. AMC-1 was launched on September 8, 1996 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (November 2001).

COSPAR 1996-054ANORAD 24315United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: GE 1
Common name: AMC-1
International designator: 1996-054A
NORAD catalog number: 24315
GCAT identifier: S24315
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/322

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Commercial
Program: GE
Owner: GE Americom
Country: United States
Builder: Lockheed Martin Telecommunications/East Windsor
Platform (bus): A2100

Launch

Date: September 8, 1996 · 21:49 UTC
Launch record: 1996-054Success
Rocket: Atlas IIA
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/S
Perigee: 35,784 km
Apogee: 35,790 km
Inclination: 0.01°
Status: Renamed
Status date: November 2001
Last known active: Jun 3, 2023
End of operations: Jun 5, 2023

Size

Mass: 2,783 kg
Dry mass: 1,300 kg
Length: 3.3 m
Diameter: 1.80 m
Span: 22.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4652562 (CC0).