2005-052A
SES Global's AMC-23 was launched on Dec 29 by an International Launch Services/Krunichev Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage. AMC-23 is an Alcatel Alenia/Cannes Spacebus 4000 satellite which was originally built as Americom 13, then Worldsat 3, and is now to provide Ku-band and C-band multimedia and telecom services over the Pacific. The C-band payload will be partly used by the Japanese JSAT system.
Spacebus 4000C3, multimedia and telecom for POR
Mass 5035 kg.
| AMC 23 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Dec 29 | 0228:40 | Launch by Proton | KB LC200-39 |
| T+2:03 St 1 sep | |||
| T+5:31 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:45 GO sep | |||
| T+9:33 St 3 MECO | |||
| 0237 | T+9:44 St 3 sep | ||
| -930 x 163 x 51.4 | |||
| 0239 | T+11:19 Briz MES-1 | ||
| 0247 | T+19:04 MECO-1 | 175 x 177 x 51.5 | |
| 0336 | T+1:08:28 MES-2 | ||
| 0353 | T+1:25:06 MECO-2 | 258 x 4999 x 50.3 | |
| 0557 | T+3:29:02 MES-3 | ||
| 0608 | T+3:40:03 MECO-3 | ||
| 0608 | T+3:40:53 DTB sep | 314 x 15523 x 49.6 | |
| 0610 | T+3:42:07 MES-4 | ||
| 0615 | T+3:47:22 MECO-4 | 395 x 35629 x 49.1 | |
| 1116 | T+8:48:50 MES-5 | ||
| 1123 | T+8:55:55 MECO-5 | ||
| 1147 | T+9:19:20 Briz sep | ||
| 2005 Dec 30 | 747.07 6192 x 35597 x 18.5 | ||
| 2006 Jan 1 ? | LAM | ||
| 2006 Jan 3 | 1435.77 35759 x 35800 x 0.1 | ||
| 2006 Jan 20 | 1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 170.0W | ||
| 2006 Feb 17 | 1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 172.0E | ||
| 2007 Feb | renamed GE 23 | ||
| 2007 Nov 29 | 1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 172.0E | ||
| 2012 Jun | renamed Eutelsat 172A. | ||
| 2013 Jun 17 | 1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 172.0E | ||
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