Ekspress-AM3

Ekspress-AM3
NamesЭкспресс-АМ3
Ekspress-AM3
Express-AM3
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRussian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID2005-023A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.28707
Websiteeng.rscc.ru
Mission duration12 years (planned)
19 years, 3 months and 28 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEkspress-AM3
Spacecraft typeKAUR
BusMSS-2500-GSO[1]
ManufacturerNPO PM (bus)
Alcatel Space (payload)
Launch mass2,542 kg (5,604 lb)
Dry mass596 kg (1,314 lb)
Power6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date24 June 2005, 19:41:00 UTC[2]
RocketProton-K / DM-2M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered serviceAugust 2005
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[3]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude140° East (2005–present)
Transponders
Band29 transponders:
16 C-band
12 Ku-band
1 L-band
Coverage areaRussia, CIS

Ekspress-AM3 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ3, meaning Express-AM3) 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]

  1. ^ a b "Satellite Ekspress-AM3". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LaunchLog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "EXPRESS-AM3". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.