Payload
AMC-21
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
AMC-21 is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on August 14, 2008 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 14, 2008 at 08:44 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- AMC-21 & Superbird 7
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,195 km
- Periapsis
- 36,090 km
- Inclination
- 2.94°
- Orbital period
- 1454.32 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,473 kg
- Power
- 5,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-038B
- NORAD catalog №
- 33275
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
SES- Radar cross-section
- 19.9526 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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