Geostationary
AMC-14
North American Communications (Moon-Rescued) · SES Americom
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An SES satellite with one of commercial space history's most remarkable survival stories. AMC-14 experienced a launch anomaly leaving it in a useless transfer orbit. Engineers devised a rescue trajectory using the satellite's own thrusters and the Moon's gravity — flying the satellite on a lunar flyby to use the Moon as a gravitational slingshot, the first commercial satellite ever rescued using lunar gravity assist. The mission took months and consumed most of the satellite's station-keeping fuel, but AMC-14 reached a usable geostationary orbit against seemingly impossible odds.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,121–22,305 mi (35,601–35,896 km)
- Inclination
- 24.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 32708
- Int’l designator
- 2008-011A
- Launched
- 2008
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.