1999-060A
GE-4 replaced Spacenet 4 at 101W. GE 4 used an A2100AX bus for video and data services for GE American Comms. Inc. Launch by Ariane Nov 13 1999. Cover both Canada and USA with C and Ku-band wide beams, plus a Ku-band beam for S America. Mass 3903 kg launch, 1755 kg dry. Size 6.23h 26.8m span.
GE 4 was renamed AMC 4. In 2008, a partial solar array power loss led to C-band users being transferred to AMC 2.
In 2010 AMC-4 was moved to 67W to reserve an Andean-nations orbital Simon Bolivar 2 slot.
| GE 4 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Nov 13 | 2254 | Launch by Ariane 44LP V123 | CSG ELA2 |
| T+1:06 PAP sep | |||
| T+2:27 PAL sep | |||
| T+3:32 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:35 St 2 burn | |||
| T+4:41 Fairing 01 sep | |||
| T+5:44 St 2 sep | |||
| 2259 | T+5:49 St 3 burn | ||
| 2312 | T+18:46 MECO | ||
| 2315 | T+21:38 GE 4 sep | ||
| 2315 | T+21:42 sep burn | ||
| T+23:14 V123 mission end | |||
| 1999 Nov 13 | 629.49 210 x 35694 x 6.0 | ||
| 1999 Nov 15 | LAM-1 | 675.61 2558 x 35965 x 4.6 | |
| 1999 Nov 19 | LAM-2 | ||
| 1999 Nov 19 | 924.01 144414 x 35679 x 1.5 | ||
| 1999 Nov 21 | 1430? | LAM-3 | |
| 1999 Nov 23 | 1434.19 35693 x 35805 x 0.05 GEO 74.5W+0.4E | ||
| 1999 Nov 25 | 1436.05 35769 x 35802 x 0.3 GEO 74.6W+0.0E | ||
| 1999 Dec 1 | 1436.24 35784 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 72.2W+0.04W | ||
| 1999 Dec 9 | move out of GEO 72W | ||
| 1999 Dec 21 | move into GEO 101W | ||
| 2000 Jan 11 | 1436.96 35737 x 35869 x 0.1 GEO 101.0W | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 101.0W | ||
| 2008 | partial power loss | ||
| 2010 Jul 16 | 1436.14 35774 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W | ||
| 2010 Jul 16 | mv out | ||
| 2010 Aug 4 | mv in at 67W as Simon Bolivar 2 | ||
| 2010 Sep 6 | 1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 67.0W | ||
| 2013 Oct 12 | 1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 67.0W | ||
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