Sunday, October 12, 2014

AMC-23

 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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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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