The AMC-5, originally called GE-5, was a geosynchronous direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) located at 79° West longitude, operated by SES Americom in the Ku-band. It was used by a variety of television customers, including being home to the CBS Newspath service.[1]
The satellite was retired and moved to a graveyard orbit on 17 May 2014 after 15 years of service.[2]
Payload and specifications
- Spacecraft design: Aérospatiale Spacebus 2000
- Orbital location: 79° West
- Launch date: 28 October 1998
- Vehicle: Ariane 44L
- Design life: 15 years
- Band: Ku-band
- Ku-band payload: 16 × 54 MHz
- Transponder type: TWTA, 55 W
- Transponder redundancy: 11 for 8
- Receiver redundancy: 4 for 2
- Coverage: United States, Canada, Mexico[3]
References
- ^ “AMC-5” (PDF). CBS Newspath. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ SatCom Law LLC (23 May 2014). “Retirement of AMC-5 (Call Sign S2156), File No. SAT-MOD-20130325-00054”. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ “AMC-5”. SES. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2013.