AMC-21

 2008-038B

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Thales Alenia prime with Orbital Star2 bus. 2.3 x 3.2 x 2.3m size, 22m span, 2473 kg full 1161 kg dry. 24 Ku transponders for service to the USA, the Gulf of Mexico region, the Caribbean, and Central AMerica. 125W.

AMC 21
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Aug 14	2044	Launch by Ariane 5	CSG ELA3
		T-0:07 Ignition
		T+0:00 Launch
		T+2:13 EAP sep
		T+3:05 Fairing sep
		T+8:48 MECO
		T+8:53 EPC sep	-1291 x 205 x 7.8
		T+8:58 ESC-A burn
		T+24:49 ESC-A MECO
		T+25:45 Superbird 7 sep
		T+28:30 Sylda 5 sep
		T+29:59 AMC 21 sep
2008 Aug 14			631.50 253 x 35755 x 1.94
2008 Aug 18			747.04 5998 x 35789 x 1.0
2008 Aug 19			881.50 12362 x 35790 x 0.5
2008 Aug 21			1433.37 35683 x 35782 x 0.01
2008 Aug 25			1434.01 35705 x 35786 x 0.0
2008 Aug 26			1436.61 35768 x 35785 x 0.0 GEO 136W
2008 Sep 8			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 135.9W
2008 Sep 13		mv out
2008 Sep 29		mv in at 125W
2008 Sep 30			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 125.0W
2010 May 2			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 124.9W