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AMC-15 is an American communications satellite. Owned by SES Americom, AMC-15 was designed to be placed in geostationary orbit, following launch on a Proton-M / Briz-M space vehicle.

Satellite description

Built by Lockheed Martin and based on the A2100AXS satellite bus, AMC-15 is located at 105° West longitude for EchoStar. AMC-15 has 24 Ku-band and 12 Ka-band transponders covering United States (including Hawaii and Alaska), part of Canada and Mexico. Leased to Echostar Satellite Services.^[2]

It was launched atop a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 21:23:00 UTC on 14 October 2004, from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AMC-15 is completely leased to EchoStar Satellite Services.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "AMC 15, 16". Gunter's Space Page. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Satellites". Satbeams. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

Satellites operated by SES
SES fleet	Active: SES-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (EchoStar 105) 12 14 15 16 (GovSat-1) 17 24 (Astra 1P)
AMC fleet	Active: AMC-4 6 8 10 11 15 16 18 21 Backups: AMC-7 Retired: AMC-1 2 3 5 9 Failed launch: AMC-14
NSS fleet	Active: NSS-6 7 9 10 11 12 806 Retired: NSS-5 513 703 K Failed launch: NSS-8
Astra fleet	Active: Astra 1KR 1L 1M 1N 1P (SES-24) 2E 2F 2G 3B 4A 5B Backups: Astra 1D 1F 1G 1H 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A Retired: Astra 1A 1B 1C 1E 5A Sirius 3 Failed launch: Astra 1K Orbital positions: 5.0°E 19.2°E 23.5°E 28.2°E 31.5°E Subsidiary: SES Astra
Third parties	Active: Ciel-2 MonacoSAT QuetzSat 1 Yahsat 1A

← 2003 Orbital launches in 2004 2005 →
January	Estrela do Sul 1 Progress M1-11
February	AMC-10 USA-176 Molniya-1 No.93
March	Rosetta (Philae) MBSat Eutelsat W3A USA-177 Globus No.17L
April	Superbird-A2 Tansuo 1, Naxing 1 Soyuz TMA-4 Gravity Probe B Ekspress AM-11
May	DirecTV-7S AMC-11 Formosat-2 Progress M-49 Kosmos 2405
June	Kosmos 2406 Intelsat 10-02 USA-178 Telstar 18 Demeter, AprizeSat-1, AprizeSat-2, Saudisat-2, SaudiComsat-1, SaudiComsat-2, UniSat-3, AMSAT-Echo
July	Aura Anik F2 Kosmos 2407 Tan Ce 2
August	MESSENGER Amazonas 1 Progress M-50 FSW-19 USA-179
September	Ofek-6 Shijian 6A, Shijian 6B GSAT-3 / EDUSAT Kosmos 2408, Kosmos 2409 Kosmos 2410 FSW-3 2
October	Soyuz TMA-5 AMC-15 Fengyun 2C Ekspress AM-1
November	Zi Yuan 2C USA-180 Tansuo 2 Swift
December	AMC-16 Helios IIA, Nanosat 01, Essaim 1, Essaim 2, Essaim 3, Essaim 4, Parasol HLVOLSDP, Sparkie, Ralphie Progress M-51 Sich-1M, MK-1TS Kosmos 2411, Kosmos 2412, Kosmos 2413
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).