AMC-12 (formerly GE-1i) is an American geostationary communications satellite that was launched by a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 02:27:32 UTC on 3 February 2005.

The 4,979 kg (10,977 lb) satellite to provide voice and video services to the North America and South America, Europe, and Africa through separate beams to each region, after parking over the Atlantic Ocean through its 72 C-band transponders, over 37° West longitude.

In early 2005, few weeks before launch, it was renamed AMC 12 again.

[1][3] 24 transponders on AMC 12 have been contracted by SES Astra which to market this capacity in Africa under the name Astra 4A.

[1][3] In March 2009, the satellite was transferred to SES New Skies and named NSS 10.