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AMSC-1
AMSC-1 was launched on April 7, 1995 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 2006).
COSPAR 1995-019ANORAD 23553United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSC 1
- Common name
- AMSC-1
- Other names
- M-SAT 2
- International designator
- 1995-019A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23553
- GCAT identifier
- S23553
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/293
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- AMSC
- Owner
- AMSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- April 7, 1995 · 23:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1995-019Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,759 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.11°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 2006
- Last known active
- Jul 1, 2024
- End of operations
- Jun 18, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 2,995 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,400 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14890039 (CC0).