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Home | AMC-23
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Scheduled to replace Spacenet 4 in late 2005, this highly-advanced hybrid C/Ku-band satellite will serve local, transcontinental and transoceanic customers throughout the Pacific Region, including North America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the islands of the South Pacific.
High-powered and state-of-the-art, AMC-23 will offer superior coverage and unprecedented levels of performance. This satellite was formerly referred to as WORLDSAT-3. |
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Spacecraft design
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Alcatel Spacebus 4100
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Orbital location
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172° E.L.
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Q4 2005 / Proton |
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| Design Life |
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16 years |
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| C-band payload |
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12 x 36 MHz; 6 x 72 MHz |
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TWTA, 80 watts |
| Receiver redundancy |
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4 for 2 |
| Transponder redundancy |
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22 for 18 |
| Coverage |
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Asia-Pacific, Western North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand |
| Click here for C-band global beam EIRP predicted performance PDF |
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| Click here for C-band global beam G/T predicted performance PDF |
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| Ku-band payload |
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20 channels, switchable among 27, 36 and 72 MHz bandwidths |
| Amp type |
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TWTA, 138 watts |
| Receiver redundancy |
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1 spare unit per frequency group |
| Transponder redundancy |
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26 for 20 |
| Coverage |
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Entire Pacific Ocean Region |
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| Click here for Northeast Asian zone beam predicted performance PDF |
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| Click here for North Pacific zone beam predicted performance PDF |
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| Click here for South Pacific zone beam predicted performance PDF |
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| Click here for Southwest Pacific zone beam predicted performance PDF |
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| Click here for Southeast Pacific zone beam predicted performance PDF |
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