| Names | Экспресс-АМ1 Ekspress-AM1 Express-AM1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) |
| COSPAR ID | 2004-043A |
| SATCAT no. | 28463 |
| Website | https://eng.rscc.ru/ |
| Mission duration | 12 years (planned) 8.5 years (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM1 |
| Spacecraft type | KAUR |
| Bus | MSS-2500-GSO (MS-767) [1] |
| Manufacturer | NPO PM (bus) NEC (payload) |
| Launch mass | 2,542 kg (5,604 lb) |
| Dry mass | 570 kg (1,260 lb) |
| Power | 6 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 October 2004, 22:11:00 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | 16 February 2005 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | 10 August 2013 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 40° East (2005-2013) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 28 transponders: 9 C-band 18 Ku-band 1 L-band |
| Coverage area | Russia, 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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