AMC 23 -> GE 23

AMC 23 [Alcatel]

This series of satellites based on the new generation Spacebus-4000C3 platform has been originally ordered by GE-Americom as GE 1i, 2i, 3i, 4i and 2E. They were renamed to AMC after SES took over Americom and some were cancelled in this process.

AMC-13 was originally ordered as GE 2i. In early 2004, AMC 13 was transfered to Worldsat LLC, a new subsidiary of SES Americom as Worldsat 3. The original AMC-13 was to features 60 C-Band transponders, but when transfered to Worlsat, it was ordered to be changed to the hybrid C-/Ku-band payload with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. In early 2005 it was renamed AMC 23.

In 2007 the satellite was spun-off from SES Americom to SAT-GE, when General Electric split off from SES. After this transaction, the satellite was renamed GE 23.

Nation:	USA
Type / Application:	Communication
Operator:	SES Americom -> Sat-GE
Contractors:	Alcatel Alenia Space (formerly Alcatel Space)
Equipment:	18 (+4) C-band transponders, 20 (+6) Ku-band transponders
Configuration:	Spacebus-4000C3
Propulsion:	S400, 4 SPT-100 plasma thrusters
Lifetime:	16 years
Mass:	4981 kg
Orbit:	GEO

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
AMC 23 (ex Worldsat 3 ex AMC 13 ex GE 2i) -> GE 23	29.12.2005	TB LC-200/39		Proton-M Briz-M

Further GE / AMC / AAP missions:

GE 1, 2, 3 -> AMC 1, 2, 3 (A2100A)
GE 5 -> AMC 5 (Spacebus-2000)
GE 1E (Spacebus-3000B2)
GE 1A -> AAP 1 (A2100AX)
GE 4, 6 -> AMC 4, 6 (A2100AX)
GE 7, 8 -> AMC 7, 8, 10, 11, 18 (A2100A)
AMC 4R, 5R (Star-2)
AMC 9, 17 (Spacebus-3000B3)
AMC 12, 22 (Spacebus-4000)
AMC ~~13, 23~~ (Spacebus-4000)
AMC 14 (A2100AXS)
AMC 15, 16 (A2100AXS)
AMC 21 (Star-2)
AMC 23 (Spacebus-4000)

Further Worldsat missions:

Worldsat 1 (A2100AX)
Worldsat 2 (Spacebus-4000)
Worldsat 3 (Spacebus-4000)