An SES GLOBAL Company

AMC-1 SATELLITE

103° W.L. | Hybrid C/Ku-bband | North America

C-band coverage Ku-band coverage Both C- and Ku-band coverage

AMERICOM-1 (AMC-1) was SES AMERICOM's first A2100 Satellite transponder information hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite. Already home for several nationally and regionally delivered C-band cable services, Spacecraft design Lockheed Martin A2100 Orbital location AMC-1, and AMC-4 at 101º W.L., form Cable 2®, the nation's 103° W.L. Design life 15 years newest premiere cable neighborhood. The close proximity Launch Date/Vehicle September 8, 1996/Atlas IIA of the two spacecraft permits both satellites to be received by a single ground antenna. C-bband payload 24 x 36 MHz Transponder type SSPA, 12- to 18-watt (adjustable) AMC-1's Ku-band payload serves a variety of broadcast, Amp redundancy 16 for 12 mobile, educational, enterprise and government customers. Receiver redundancy 4 for 2 Coverage CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean, Also available on AMC-1’s C-band payload is DigitalC®, an Canada end-to-end video MCPC solution providing programmers with access to more than 61 million households through thousands Ku-bband payload 24 x 36 MHz of cable headends reached via satellite. Transponder type TWTA, 60-watt Amp redundancy 18 for 12 DigitalC® features intra- and inter-satellite restoration Receiver redundancy 4 for 2 protection, a widely-used compression platform (Scientific- Coverage CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Northern Mexico, Southern Canada Atlanta PowerVu®) and high-performance, 50-state coverage. Polarization Offset 26.0º CCW (viewed from the earth)

www.ses-aamericom.com AMC-1 SATELLITE An SES GLOBAL Company 103° W.L. | Hybrid C/Ku-bband | North America

Typical minimum Ku-bband EIRP

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46 48 50 49 48 49 49

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Ku-band Frequency Plan Uplink (MHz): 14000 - 14500

14020 14060 14100 14140 14180 14220 14260 14300 14340 14380 14420 14460

V-pol 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23

H-pol 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

14040 14080 14120 14160 14200 14240 14280 14320 14360 14400 14440 14480

Downlink (MHz): 11700 - 12200

11720 11760 11800 11840 11880 11920 11960 12000 12040 12080 12120 12160

H-pol 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23

V-pol 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

11740 11780 11820 11860 11900 11940 11980 12020 12060 12100 12140 12180

Beacon 1: 3700.5 MHz (V) Beacon: 12198 MHz (H)