AMC-5

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = AMC-5

| names_list = GE-5
Nahuel-1B

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Communications

| operator = {{Unbulleted list|GE Americom (1998–2001)|SES Americom (2001–2009)|SES World Skies (2009–2011)|SES (2011-2014)}}

| COSPAR_ID = 1998-063B

| SATCAT = 25516

| website =

| mission_duration = 12 years (planned)
{{age in years and months|1998|10|28|2014|05|17}} (achieved)

| spacecraft = GE-5

| spacecraft_type =

| spacecraft_bus = Spacebus 2000

| manufacturer = Dornier (prime contractor)
Aérospatiale (bus)

| launch_mass = {{cvt|1698|kg}}

| dry_mass =

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = 28 October 1998, 22:15:00 UTC

| launch_rocket = Ariane 44L (V113)

| launch_site = Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2

| launch_contractor = Arianespace

| entered_service =

| disposal_type = Graveyard orbit

| deactivated = 17 May 2014

| last_contact =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 79° West

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 16 Ku-band

| trans_frequency =

| trans_bandwidth =

| trans_capacity =

| trans_coverage = United States, Canada, Mexico

| programme = SES constellation

| previous_mission = AMC-4

| next_mission = AMC-6

}}

The AMC-5, originally called GE-5, was a geosynchronous direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) located at 79° West longitude, operated by SES Americom in the Ku-band. It was used by a variety of television customers, including being home to the CBS Newspath service.{{cite web|title=AMC-5|publisher=CBS Newspath |url=http://www.cbsnewspath.com/satellite/AMC5Newspath.pdf|access-date=2009-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708124832/http://www.cbsnewspath.com/satellite/AMC5Newspath.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=dead}}

The satellite was retired and moved to a graveyard orbit on 17 May 2014 after 15 years of service.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1048011|title=Retirement of AMC-5 (Call Sign S2156), File No. SAT-MOD-20130325-00054|author=SatCom Law LLC|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=2014-05-23|access-date=9 April 2016}} {{PD-notice}}