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Atlas V 521 | AMC 16

AMC 16

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 17 Dec 2004, 12:07 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 521 (Atlas)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

AMC-16, like AMC-15, was a hybrid Ku/Ka-band satellite built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100 spacecraft platform.