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AMC-18
Communications satellite. AMC-18 was launched on December 8, 2006 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-054BNORAD 29644United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMC 18
- Common name
- AMC-18
- Payload designation
- Americom 18
- International designator
- 2006-054B
- NORAD catalog number
- 29644
- GCAT identifier
- S29644
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/554
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- AMC
- Owner
- SES Sat. Leasing
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100A
Launch
- Date
- December 8, 2006 · 22:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-054Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 4, 2023
- End of operations
- Nov 4, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,081 kg
- Dry mass
- 918 kg
- Length
- 3.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 14.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q294633 (CC0).