| Names | Экспресс-АМ2 Ekspress-AM2 Express-AM2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) |
| COSPAR ID | 2005-010A |
| SATCAT no. | 28629 |
| Website | eng |
| Mission duration | 12 years (planned) 11 years (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM2 |
| Spacecraft type | KAUR |
| Bus | MSS-2500-GSO[1] |
| Manufacturer | NPO PM (bus) Alcatel Space (payload) |
| Launch mass | 2,542 kg (5,604 lb) |
| Dry mass | 596 kg (1,314 lb) |
| Power | 6 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 March 2005, 21:31:00 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | May 2005 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
| Deactivated | 2016 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 80° East (2005–2016) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 29 transponders: 16 C-band 12 Ku-band 1 L-band |
| Coverage area | Russia, CIS |
Ekspress-AM2 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ2, meaning Express-AM2) 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).[1]
- ^ a b "Satellite Ekspress-AM2". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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