Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
AMC 11
Launched
May 19, 2004
Summary
AMC 11 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 19, 2004. It was Lockheed Martin's 74th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,656th orbital launch attempt. It was the 29th Atlas IIAS flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). AMC 11, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 238 × 35,835 km orbit inclined 12.3°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIAS · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 29th Atlas IIAS flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Martin's 74th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,656th orbital launch attempt17th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AMC 11 · NORAD 28252 · 2004-017 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- AMC-11
- Object ID
- 2004-017A
- Epoch
- 2004-05-19 17:25:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2767077 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7292129
- Inclination
- 12.2828°
- Ascending node
- 34.6229°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.5185°
- Mean anomaly
- 177.4365°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- AMC 11 · NORAD 28252 · in orbit
Centaur AC-166 · re-entered June 16, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Civilian communications satellite.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
75th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 624th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did AMC 11 launch?
AMC 11 launched on May 19, 2004. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AMC 11?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AMC 11?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did AMC 11 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did AMC 11 reach?
AMC 11, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 238 × 35,835 km orbit inclined 12.3°.
How many satellites did AMC 11 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).