Ekspress-AM1

Ekspress-AM1
NamesЭкспресс-АМ1
Ekspress-AM1
Express-AM1
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRussian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID2004-043A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.28463
Websitehttps://eng.rscc.ru/
Mission duration12 years (planned)
8.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEkspress-AM1
Spacecraft typeKAUR
BusMSS-2500-GSO (MS-767) [1]
ManufacturerNPO PM (bus)
NEC (payload)
Launch mass2,542 kg (5,604 lb)
Dry mass570 kg (1,260 lb)
Power6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date29 October 2004,
22:11:00 UTC[2]
RocketProton-K / DM-2M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service16 February 2005
End of mission
DisposalGraveyard orbit
Deactivated10 August 2013
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[3]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude40° East (2005-2013)
Transponders
Band28 transponders:
9 C-band
18 Ku-band
1 L-band
Coverage areaRussia, CIS

Ekspress-AM1 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ1, meaning Express-AM1) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access) and to deploy satellite networks by applying VSAT technology to Russia and its neighbors (CIS).[4]

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  3. ^ "EXPRESS-AM1". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Satellites". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.