AMC-14

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AMC-14 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 32708

Int'l Code: 2008-011A

Perigee: 35,640.2 km

Apogee: 35,949.9 km

Inclination: 23.7 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42166 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   25288.91956497  .00000101  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 32708  23.7031  23.4646 0036717 342.3577  20.2910  1.00267147 65720

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC