Launch Date For AMC-16 Set

SES Americom, a SES Global company, said its AMC-16 satellite that will support advanced video and broadband services for EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], has been delivered to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for a scheduled Dec. 16 liftoff. The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built A2100AX-model satellite will be sent into orbit aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle.