Luch 5V

Luch 5V
Model of Luch 5A at CeBIT in 2011
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2014-023A[1]
SATCAT no.39727[1]
Mission duration10 years
Spacecraft properties
BusEkspress-1000A[2]
ManufacturerJSC Information Satellite Systems
Launch mass1,148 kg (2,531 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date28 April 2014, 04:25 (2014-04-28UTC04:25Z) UTC [3]
RocketProton-M/Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur 81/24[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric 95° East
RegimeGeosynchronous

Luch 5V (Russian: Луч-5В meaning ray and sometimes transliterated as Loutch-5V) is a Russian Luch relay satellite which transmits data from the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station, and from other satellites in low Earth orbit. It currently is stationed in the 95° East geosynchronous orbit slot of the Luch network.

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