AMC-18

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AMC-18 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 29644

Int'l Code: 2006-054B

Perigee: 36,172.7 km

Apogee: 36,216.4 km

Inclination: 0.6 °

Period: 1,456.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42565 km

RCS: 12.5893 m² (large)

Launch date: December 8, 2006
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

SES AMERICOM's AMC 18 broadcasting satellite carries 24 C-band transponders that will reach users across the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean during the next 15 years. The 4,588-pound satellite was manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

1 29644U 06054B   24117.52828812 -.00000141  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 29644   0.5639 105.0635 0005137  62.8320 352.8574  0.98858856 63669

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC