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AMC-8
Communications satellite. AMC-8 was launched on December 20, 2000 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (November 2001).
COSPAR 2000-081BNORAD 26639United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GE 8
- Common name
- AMC-8
- International designator
- 2000-081B
- NORAD catalog number
- 26639
- GCAT identifier
- S26639
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/385
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- GE
- Owner
- GE Americom
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100A
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 2000 · 00:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-081Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- November 2001
- Last known active
- Nov 26, 2022
- End of operations
- Dec 2, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 2,015 kg
- Dry mass
- 919 kg
- Length
- 4.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 14.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4652551 (CC0).