Also called RCA (former owner)
American telecommunication program operated by GE Americom.
Historical list of GE Americom satellites
Type Launch Retired
RCA Satcom 1 Satcom 1975 Dec 13 1984 Jun
RCA Satcom 2 Satcom 1976 Mar 26 1985 Jan
RCA Satcom 3 Satcom 1979 Dec 7 Launch failure, in GTO
RCA Satcom 3R Satcom 1981 Nov 20 1991 Apr
RCA Satcom 4 Satcom 1982 Jan 16 1991 Dec
RCA Satcom 5 Adv.Satcom 1982 Oct 27 1991 Apr?; at 105W (Alascom Aurora 1)
RCA Satcom 1R Adv.Satcom 1983 Apr 11 1992 Dec
RCA Satcom 2R Adv.Satcom 1983 Sep 8 1995 Mar
Satcom K-2 Series 4000 1985 Nov 27 At 81W
Satcom K-1 Series 4000 1986 Jan 12 1997 Jul
Satcom K-3 Series 5000 cancelled, became Astra 1B
Satcom K-4 Series 5000 cancelled, became Intelsat K
Satcom C-1 Series 3000 1990 Nov 20 At 137W
Satcom C-5 Series 3000 1991 May 29 At 139W (Alascom Aurora 2)
Satcom C-4 Series 3000 1992 Aug 31 At 135W
Satcom C-3 Series 3000 1992 Sep 10 At 131W
Satcom C-2 Series 3000 not launched, status unknown
GE 1 A2100 1996 Sep 8 At 103W
GE 2 A2100 1997 Jan 30 At 85W
GE 3 A2100 1997 Sep 4 At 87W
GE 5 Spacebus 2000 1998 Oct 28 At 79W
GE 4 A2100AX 1999 Nov 13 -
Ref: #7(SR411), #15(28 Feb 2001)