Spacetrack Directory Name | AMC-7 (GE-7) |
Orbit launches | 2000-09-14 |
Country/organisation of origin | SES |
Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
WWW | Here |
Categories | |
Perigee | 36104 km |
Apogee | 36114 km |
AMC-7 is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES S.A., originally from the GE Americom fleet. Launched on September 14, 2000, from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, AMC-7 provides C band coverage to North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean islands and most of Mexico, and is located in a geostationary orbit over the Pacific Ocean east of Hawaii. The satellite is primarily used for cable television programming distribution.In 2015 the satellite was taken out of commercial service and moved from 137° West to 135° West longitude, where it now serves as a backup to AMC-10.
satellite AMC-7 (GE-7) Date of exalting 14.09.2000y.