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AMC-8 also known as Americom-8 and Aurora III previously GE-8 is a C-band satellite located at 139° West covering the United States Canada and the Caribbean. It is owned and operated by SES World Skies formerly SES Americom and before that GE Americom. The satellite provides critical telecommunications services to AT&T Alascom which occupies most of the satellite’s capacity. AMC-8 was launched in 2000 as GE-8 and replaced Satcom C-5 in March 2001.

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