Summary
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]
| 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 |
Satellite description edit
The satellite has a total of 29 transponders, was 16 C-band, 12 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM2 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Alcatel Space.[4]
Launch edit
Ekspress-AM2 was launched by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle. The launch took place at 21:31:00 UTC on 29 March 2005, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[2] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM2 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.
Mission edit
Ekspress-AM2 was retired in 2016 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Satellite Ekspress-AM2". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "EXPRESS-AM2". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Report # 546". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Ekspress-AM2, -AM3". Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2021.