Satellites

Payload

AMC-6

OperationalPayloadGEO

AMC-6 is a SES S.A. payload satellite, launched on October 21, 2000 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
October 21, 2000 at 10:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
GE 6

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,801 km
Periapsis
35,772 km
Inclination
0.14°
Orbital period
1436.1 min

Spacecraft

Operator
SES S.A.
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems
Users
Commercial
Launch mass
3,552 kg
Dry mass
2,500 kg
Design lifetime
15 years

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2000-067A
NORAD catalog №
26580
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
LuxembourgSES
Radar cross-section
13.6109 m²
Status
Operational