Lockheed MartinAtlas V 521Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
AMC 16
Launched
December 17, 2004
Image: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Summary
AMC 16 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas V 521 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 17, 2004. It was Lockheed Martin's 76th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,689th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Atlas V 521 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). AMC 16, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 174 × 5,247 km orbit inclined 27.2°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 521 · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Atlas V 521 flight · 1st this yearLockheed Martin's 76th launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,689th orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AMC 16 · NORAD 28472 · 2004-048 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2004-048A
- Epoch
- 2004-12-17 11:34:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 10.03169321 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.2792904
- Inclination
- 27.198°
- Ascending node
- 91.2197°
- Arg. of perigee
- 145.121°
- Mean anomaly
- 235.9961°
- 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: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- AMC 16 · NORAD 28472 · in orbit
Centaur AV-005 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
AMC-16, like AMC-15, was a hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 spacecraft platform.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
31st launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 630th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
518 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did AMC 16 launch?
AMC 16 launched on December 17, 2004. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AMC 16?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AMC 16?
Atlas V 521, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas V 521 spec sheet
Where did AMC 16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did AMC 16 reach?
AMC 16, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 174 × 5,247 km orbit inclined 27.2°.
How many satellites did AMC 16 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).