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AMC-4
Communications satellite. AMC-4 was launched on November 13, 1999 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (November 2001).
COSPAR 1999-060ANORAD 25954United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GE 4
- Common name
- AMC-4
- International designator
- 1999-060A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25954
- GCAT identifier
- S25954
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/369
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- GE
- Owner
- GE Americom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100AX
Launch
- Date
- November 13, 1999 · 22:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-060Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,959 km
- Apogee
- 35,985 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 2001
- Last known active
- Feb 15, 2023
- End of operations
- Feb 11, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,903 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,755 kg
- Length
- 6.2 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 26.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4652547 (CC0).