Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:54:00
Saturday November 13, 1999
Flight V122.
AMC-4 or AMERICOM-4, formerly GE-4, is a Dutch, previously American, commercial communications satellite. AMC-4 was launched in 1999 as GE-4, GE Americom's fourth A2100 hybrid C-band and Ku-band satellite. The C-band payload was home to national television networks broadcasting to thousands of cable television headends. AMC-4's Ku-band transponders served the direct-to-home, VSAT, business television, and broadband Internet market segments. These Ku-band transponders are designed to be switchable between North and South American coverages. It was renamed AMC-4 after GE Americom was bought by SES and re-branded SES Americom. In 2009, SES Americom merged with SES New Skies to form SES World Skies. AMC-4 has been replaced by SES-1 in 2010. AMC-4 has been moved to 134.9° W, and currently has no FTA signals.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,895 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 4,220 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,800 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
91st
Mission
7th
Mission of 1999
110th
Mission
7th
Mission of 1999
63rd
Orbital launch attempt