| Organization | SES World Skies |
|---|---|
| Major contractors | Lockheed Martin |
| Bus | A2100A (1) |
| Mission type | Communications (2) |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch date | September 14, 2000, 22:54 UTC (2,3) |
| Launch vehicle | Ariane 5G (3) |
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre Pad ELA-3 (2,3) |
| Mission duration | 15 years (design life) (3,4) |
| COSPAR ID | 2000-054B |
| Home page | AMC-7 website |
| Mass | 1,983 kg (4,372 lb) (3) |
| Power | LEROS-1C (4) |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | GEO (3) |
| Longitude | 137° West (4) |
| Semimajor axis | 42,164.4 km (26,199.7 mi) (5) |
| Inclination | 0° (5) |
| Orbital period | 1436.1 minutes (5) |
| Apoapsis | 35,805.7 km (22,248.6 mi) (5) |
| Periapsis | 35,781.0 km (22,233.3 mi) (5) |
| Orbits per day | One (sidereal) (5) |
| Instruments | |
| Transponders | 24 x 36 MHz C band (4) |
| Coverage area | North America (4) |
| References: 1[1], 2[2], 3[3], 4[4], 5[5] | |
AMC-7 is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies. Launched on September 14, 2000, from Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, AMC-7 provides C band coverage to North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean islands and most of Mexico, and is located in a geostationary orbit over the Pacific Ocean east of Hawaii. The satellite is primarily used for cable television programming distribution.[4]
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