AMC-2

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = AMC-2

| names_list = GE-2 (1997-2001)
AMC-2 (2001-present)

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Communications

| operator = GE Americom (1997-2001)
SES Americom (2001-2009)
SES World Skies (2009-2011)
SES S.A. (2011-present)

| COSPAR_ID = 1997-002A

| SATCAT = 24713

| website =

| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)
{{time interval|30 January 1997|show=ymd|sep=,}} (elapsed)

| spacecraft = GE-2

| spacecraft_type = Lockheed Martin A2100

| spacecraft_bus = LM A2100A

| manufacturer = Lockheed Martin

| launch_mass = {{cvt|2648|kg}}

| dry_mass = {{cvt|1300|kg}}

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = 30 January 1997, 22:04:00 UTC

| launch_rocket = Ariane 44L (V93)

| launch_site = Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2

| launch_contractor = Arianespace

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 85° West

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 48 transponders:
24 C-band
24 Ku-band

| trans_frequency =

| trans_bandwidth =

| trans_capacity =

| trans_coverage = North America

| programme = SES constellation

| previous_mission = AMC-1

| next_mission = AMC-3

}}

GE-2, called AMC-2 after 2001, is a privately owned American communications satellite launched in 1997. It was the first of the GE series to be launched outside the United States.{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ge-1.htm|title=GE 1, 2, 3 / AMC 1, 2, 3|publisher=Space.skyrocket.de|access-date=2 April 2021}} It was launched by an Ariane 44L on 30 January 1997 at 22:04:00 UTC, flying from ELA-2, Centre Spatial Guyanais alongside another satellite, Nahuel 1A. It was owned by GE Americom until 2001 when the company was sold to SES (Société Européenne des Satellites). The name of the spacecraft was then changed by SES Americom to AMC-2 later in 2001.