32708 - AMC 14

AMC 14 was to be an American geostationary communications craft. It was launched by a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur on 2008 March 14, but the Breeze-M final stage failed to deliver the craft to geostationary orbit. With an altitude deficit of 8,000 km, it would require the use of all the fuel to raise the orbit, severely curtailing its life span. As of 2008 March 31, its period remained 576 min, inclination at 49 degrees, perigee at 773 km, and apogee at 35,576 km, indicating that no attempt to make it geostationary has been made.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2008-03-14
Launch Vehicle: Proton-M
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan