AMC-18

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AMC-18 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 29644

Int'l Code: 2006-054B

Perigee: 36,152.4 km

Apogee: 36,236.9 km

Inclination: 0.9 °

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   24258.89641426 -.00000166  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 29644   0.9247  97.8254 0009928  90.3582 245.3820  0.98858366 65052

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC