AMC-3
AMC-3 (formerly GE 3) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, formerly SES Americom and before that GE Americom. Launched on September 4, 1997, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, AMC-3 is a hybrid C band/Ku band satellite. It provides coverage to the continental United States, Canada, the Caribbean islands, southern Greenland, and Central America. 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.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NSSDC Master Catalog: GE 3". NASA.gov. November 23, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "AMC-3 Data". SES-Worldskies.com. 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ "AMG 3". Satbeams.com. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Krebs, Gunter (September 27, 2009). "GE 1, 2, 3 / AMC 1, 2, 3". Skyrocket.de. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "AMC-3 (GE-3) Satellite details". N2YO.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ "AMC-3". SES-Worldskies.com. 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
- ↑ "Turner Expands SNG Transponder Deal With SES AMERICOM" (Press release). Business Wire via Redorbit.com. April 12, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
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