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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:03:00
Thursday September 4, 1997
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AMC-3 (formerly GE-3) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by SES World Skies, part of SES S.A. (formerly GE Americom, then SES Americom). Launched on 4 September 1997, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, AMC-3 is a hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite. It provides coverage to Canada, the United States, Mexico, Caribbean. Located in a geostationary orbit parallel to the Yucatán Peninsula and Great Lakes, AMC-3 provides service to commercial and government customers, with programming distribution, satellite news gathering, and broadcast internet capabilities.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,845 kilograms
Manufacturer
LockheedRocket
Height: 47.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,618 kg
GTO: 3,933 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,957 Kilonewtons
Stages
2
Strap-ons
4
30th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1997
52nd
Orbital launch attempt