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AMC-18 Begins Operations

By JJ McCoy | February 5, 2007

SES Americom’s AMC-18 satellite completed in-orbit tests and has begun operations, the company announced Feb. 1.

Built by Lockheed Martin and placed into orbit in December by an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, AMC-18 will provide broadcast coverage throughout North America, the Caribbean and Mexico from its orbital slot at 105° East.

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