AMC-5
defunct geosynchronous direct-broadcast satellite
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AMC-5
Summary
AMC-5 is a communications satellite[1]. AMC-5 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- AMC-5's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
- AMC-5's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[4].
- AMC-5's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite[5].
- AMC-5 is operated by SES Americom[6].
- AMC-5's manufacturer is recorded as Airbus DS Geo GmbH[7].
- AMC-5's manufacturer is recorded as Aérospatiale[8].
- AMC-5's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 44L[9].
- AMC-5's country of origin is recorded as Germany[10].
- AMC-5's country of origin is recorded as France[11].
- AMC-5's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[12].
- AMC-5's powered by is recorded as S400[13].
- AMC-5's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[14].
- AMC-5's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as October 28, 1998[15].
- AMC-5's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-2000[16].
- AMC-5's service entry is recorded as 1998[17].
- AMC-5's service retirement is recorded as May 17, 2014[18].
- AMC-5's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
- AMC-5's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[20].
- AMC-5's space tug is recorded as H10-3[21].
- AMC-5's start point is recorded as ELA-2[22].
- AMC-5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1698'}[23].
- AMC-5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1013'}[24].
- AMC-5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+769'}[25].
- AMC-5's call sign is recorded as S2156[26].
- AMC-5's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}[27].
Why It Matters
AMC-5 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2] AMC-5 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]