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AMC-3
Communications satellite launched 1997. AMC-3 was launched on September 4, 1997 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (November 2001).
COSPAR 1997-050ANORAD 24936United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GE 3
- Common name
- AMC-3
- International designator
- 1997-050A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24936
- GCAT identifier
- S24936
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/339
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 4, 1997 · 12:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-050Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 2001
- Last known active
- Jun 12, 2026
- End of operations
- Jun 2, 2026
Size
- Mass
- 2,845 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,300 kg
- Length
- 2.6 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 Q4652553 (CC0).