Status
Success
GE-3
Launch Time
Thu Sep 04, 1997 12:03 UTC
Thu Sep 04, 1997 12:03 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
GE-3
AMC-3 (formerly GE-3) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES S.A. (formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched on 4 September 1997, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, AMC-3 is a hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite. It provides coverage to Canada, the United States, Mexico, Caribbean. Located in a geostationary orbit parallel to the Yucatán Peninsula and Great Lakes, AMC-3 provides service to commercial and government customers, with programming distribution, satellite news gathering, and broadcast internet capabilities.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,845.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1997
52nd orbital launch attempt
Atlas II
30th mission
4th mission of 1997
30th successful mission