Names | Горизонт 33 Horizon 33 Gorizont 45L |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Kosmicheskiya Svyaz (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2000-029A |
SATCAT no. | 26373 |
Website | https://eng.rscc.ru/ |
Mission duration | 3 years (planned) 8 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Gorizont 33 |
Spacecraft type | KAUR |
Bus | KAUR-3 |
Manufacturer | NPO PM |
Launch mass | 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) |
Dimensions | 2 m (diameter) 5 m (height) |
Power | 1280 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 6 June 2000, 02:59:00 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-K / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | August 2000 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | March 2008 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 145° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 7 transponders: 6 C-band 1 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States |
Gorizont 33 (Russian: Горизонт 33 meaning "Horizon 33"), also known as Gorizont 45L was a Russian communications satellite operated by Kosmicheskiya Svyaz (RSCC). It was the last satellite to be launched as part of the Gorizont constellation. Constructed by NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM), it was based on the KAUR-3 satellite bus. Its launch was contracted by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-K / Briz-M launch vehicle.