AMC 6 at 139° W
also known as GE 6, Rainbow 2
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 139° WChannel line-up at 139° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 26580
- COSPAR number
- 2000-067A
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Model
- A2100AX
- Launch
- 21 Oct 2000 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton K
- Launch mass
- 3901 kg
- Dry mass
- 1769 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2347
- Beacon
- 3700.5H, 4199.5V, 12198V, 11702H
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band North America beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band Americas Beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band CTH beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band CTV beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Americas Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band North America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band NATH beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band NATV beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band STTH beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band STTV beam (Ku band) View footprint
About AMC 6
32 Ku and 24 C-band transponders to provide business (government and VSAT), media and entertainment services to CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and South America (steerable Ku-band beam)