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AMC-2
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<p>GE-2, called AMC-2 after 2001, is a privately owned American <a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">communications satellite</a> launched in 1997. It was the first of the GE series to be launched outside the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. It was launched by an <a href="/facts/Ariane_4/hSG5Jl7Q">Ariane 44L</a> on 30 January 1997 at 22:04:00 <a href="/facts/Coordinated_Universal_Time/2EnjfSyu">UTC</a>, flying from <a href="/facts/ELA-2/I8IoscXE">ELA-2</a>, <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Center/hp6TSJ6W">Centre Spatial Guyanais</a> alongside another satellite, <a href="/facts/Nahuel_1A/8tAEqRqM">Nahuel 1A</a>. It was owned by <a href="/facts/SES_Americom/970VQv2l">GE Americom</a> until 2001 when the company was sold to <a href="/facts/SES_S.A./rmak3edy">SES</a> (Société Européenne des Satellites). The name of the spacecraft was then changed by <a href="/facts/SES_Americom/970VQv2l">SES Americom</a> to AMC-2 later in 2001. </p>