AMC-14

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AMC-14 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 32708

Int'l Code: 2008-011A

Perigee: 35,621.3 km

Apogee: 35,966.1 km

Inclination: 21.3 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 12.8622 m² (large)

Launch date: March 14, 2008
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

AMERICOM-14 (AMC-14) is a BSS satellite featuring many noteworthy innovations, including an active phased array (APA) payload consisting of a receive mode APA antenna, and the highest levels of redundancy on core components such as amplifiers, receivers, commanding beam and computer control systems. Developed primarily by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, the APA will be a key satellite technology for future missions. AMC-14 will provide AMERICOM2Home® services in the United States for EchoStar Communications' DISH Network.

1 32708U 08011A   21024.71877897  .00000084  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 32708  21.3081  44.5911 0040893 354.7275   1.6568  1.00271871 48407

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC