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AMC 5 / 1998 - 063B (ex GE - 5 & Nahuelsat B)

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AMC 5 / 1998 - 063B (ex GE -5 & Nahuelsat B)
SES AmericomAMC 5 Category Commercial Telecom
Operator SES Americom
Orbit GEO
Sat position 79° W
Launch date 28.10.1998
Launch mass 1721 kg
Design life 12 years
Launcher Ariane 44L
Satellite / Bus SB 2000
Manufacturer Aerospatiale

 

Orbital Propulsion Centre Contribution
Subsystem responsibility: Fill and drain valves
bullet 1 x 400 N thruster (N2O4 / MMH), S400-01
bullet 12 x 10 N thruster (N2O4 / MMH), S10-13
bullet 2 x surface-tension tank, OST 04/0
bullet Fill & Drain valves
bullet Latch valves
bullet Propellant loading at Kourou
10N bipropellant thrusterSurface tension propellant tank400N thrusterSpacecraft propellant loading

 

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