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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = AMC-3
| names_list         = GE-3 (1997-2001)<br/>AMC-3 (2001-present)<br/>Eagle-1 (2017-present)
| image              = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_size         = 300px
| mission_type       = [[Communications satellite|Communications]]<ref name="nssdc"/>
| operator           = [[GE Americom]] (1997-2001)<br/>[[SES Americom]] (2001-2009)<br/>[[SES World Skies]] (2009-2011)<br/>[[SES (company)|SES]] (2011-present)
| COSPAR_ID          = 1997-050A
| SATCAT             = 24936
| website            = 
| mission_duration   = 15 years (planned) <ref name="ses-amc3-data"/><br/>{{time interval|4 September 1997|show=ymd|sep=,}} (elapsed)
| spacecraft         = GE-3
| spacecraft_type    = [[Lockheed Martin A2100]]
| spacecraft_bus     = [[Lockheed Martin A2100|LM A2100A]]<ref name="satbeams"/>
| manufacturer       = [[Lockheed Martin]]
| launch_mass        = {{cvt|2845|kg}} <ref name="Gunter"/>
| dry_mass           = {{cvt|1300|kg}}
| dimensions         = 
| power              = <!-- [[watt]]s -->
| launch_date        = 4 September 1997, 12:03:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]<ref name="nssdc"/>
| launch_rocket      = [[Atlas II|Atlas IIAS]]<ref name="Gunter"/>
| launch_site        = [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36|LC-36A]]<ref name="Gunter"/>
| launch_contractor  = [[Lockheed Martin]]
| entered_service    = 1997
| disposal_type      = 
| deactivated        = 
| last_contact       = 
| orbit_reference    = [[Geocentric orbit]]<ref name="n2yo"/>
| orbit_regime       = [[Geostationary orbit]]
| orbit_longitude    = 72° West
| apsis              = gee
| trans_band         = 48 [[Transponder (satellite communications)|transponders]]:<br/>24 [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]]<br/>24 [[Ku band|Ku-band]]<ref name="ses-amc3-data"/>
| trans_frequency    = 
| trans_bandwidth    = 
| trans_capacity     = 
| trans_coverage     = [[Canada]], [[United States]], [[Mexico]], [[Caribbean]]<ref name="ses-amc3-data"/>
| programme          = [[SES Americom|SES constellation]]
| previous_mission   = [[AMC-2]]
| next_mission       = [[AMC-4]]
}}

'''AMC-3''' (formerly '''[[General Electric|GE-3]]''') is a commercial broadcast [[communications satellite]] owned by [[SES (company)|SES]] (and formerly [[GE Americom]], then [[SES Americom]], then [[SES World Skies]]). Launched on 4 September 1997, from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], AMC-3 is a hybrid [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]] / [[Ku band|Ku-band]] satellite. It provides coverage to [[Canada]], [[United States]], [[Mexico]], [[Caribbean]]. Located in a [[geostationary orbit]] parallel to the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] and [[Great Lakes]], AMC-3 provides service to commercial and government customers, with programming distribution, [[electronic news-gathering|satellite news gathering]] and broadcast internet capabilities.<ref name="ses-amc3-data"/><ref name="redorbit"/>

== Eagle-1 ==
In January 2017, the AMC-3 Ku-band payload was sold to Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), a provider of satellite-based connectivity and media to mobility markets, such as passenger aircraft. GEE purchased all the capacity on the satellite to support aeronautical customers, in particular [[Southwest Airlines]], the company's largest customer, and rebranded the satellite as Eagle-1. The satellite remains under the control of SES S.A.<ref name="spacenews20170116">{{cite news|url=http://spacenews.com/global-eagles-mystery-satellite-purchase-is-sess-amc-3/|title=Global Eagle's mystery satellite purchase is SES's AMC-3 |publisher=SpaceNews|first=Caleb|last=Henry|date=January 16, 2017|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="satbeams">{{cite web|url=http://www.satbeams.com/satellites?norad=24936|title=AMC-3|publisher=Satbeams|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="nssdc">{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-050A|title=Display: GE 3 1997-050A|publisher=NASA|date=10 February 2021|access-date=2 April 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

<ref name="Gunter">{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ge-1.htm|title=GE 1, 2, 3 / AMC 1, 2, 3|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|date=21 July 2019|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="ses-amc3-data">{{cite web|url=http://www.ses-worldskies.com/worldskies/satellites/01_amc-fleet/amc-3/Satellite_Data/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604033450/http://www.ses-worldskies.com/worldskies/satellites/01_amc-fleet/amc-3/Satellite_Data/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2010|title=AMC-3 Data|publisher=SES World Skies|date=4 June 2010|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=24936|title=AMC-3 (GE-3) Satellite details|publisher=N2YO.com|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="redorbit">{{cite press release|url=https://www.redorbit.com/news/business/900404/turner_expands_sng_transponder_deal_with_ses_americom/index.html|title=Turner Expands SNG Transponder Deal With SES AMERICOM|publisher=Business Wire via Redorbit.com|date=April 12, 2007|access-date=December 20, 2009}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164855/https://www.ses.com/network/satellites/313 AMC-3] at SES.com
* [http://www.geemedia.com/ Global Eagle Entertainment website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201162807/http://www.geemedia.com/ |date=1 February 2017 }}
* {{satbeams footprint|7152|C-band Americas Beam}}
* {{satbeams footprint|7153|Ku-band Americas Beam}}
* {{lyngsat|amc3|AMC-3}}

{{SES World Skies}}
{{Orbital launches in 1997}}

[[Category:Communications satellites in geostationary orbit]]
[[Category:Satellite television]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched in 1997]]
[[Category:SES satellites]]
[[Category:Satellites using the A2100 bus|AMC-03]]


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