Norad ID: 24315
| Spacetrack Directory Name | AMC-1 (GE-1) |
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| Country/organisation of origin | SES |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
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| Perigee | 35771 km |
| Apogee | 35802 km |
AMC-1 was a geosynchronous communications satellite operated by SES S.A., as part of the AMC fleet acquired from GE Americom in 2001. It was a hybrid C Band/Ku band spacecraft currently located at 103° west, serving the US, Mexico, Caribbean and Canada.
AMC-1 was replaced by the newer SES-3 satellite on July 15, 2011.