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AMC-21
Communications satellite. AMC-21 was launched on August 14, 2008 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2008-038BNORAD 33275United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMC 21
- Common name
- AMC-21
- Payload designation
- Americom 21
- International designator
- 2008-038B
- NORAD catalog number
- 33275
- GCAT identifier
- S33275
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/555
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- AMC
- Owner
- SES Sat. Leasing
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- OSC Star 2.4
Launch
- Date
- August 14, 2008 · 20:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 2008-038Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,707 km
- Apogee
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 16, 2025
- End of operations
- Dec 17, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 2,473 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,161 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 22.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q294636 (CC0).