Geostationary
AMC-6
US East Coast / Caribbean Cable Distribution · SES Americom
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An SES AMC satellite at 72°W providing C-band and Ku-band services for the eastern United States and Caribbean. AMC-6 serves as a primary C-band cable distribution satellite for the eastern US market — delivering national programming to cable headends from Maine to Florida. Its Caribbean coverage also serves broadcasting and enterprise users across island nations where cable infrastructure is limited and satellite is the primary distribution platform.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,230–22,253 mi (35,776–35,813 km)
- Inclination
- 0.4°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 26580
- Int’l designator
- 2000-067A
- Launched
- 2000
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.