Ekspress_AM8 Knowpia

Ekspress-AM8
Mission type	Communications
Operator	FGUP
COSPAR ID	2015-048A
SATCAT no.	40895
Mission duration	15 years planned
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Ekspress-1000NTB
Manufacturer	ISS Reshetnev; Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass	2,100 kilograms (4,600 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	14 September 2015, 19:00:00 UTC
Rocket	Proton-M/Blok DM-03
Launch site	Baikonur 81/24
Contractor	Khrunichev
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Longitude	14° West
Epoch	Planned
Transponders
Band	24 C band; 12 Ku band; 2 L band

Ekspress AM8 (Russian: Экспресс АМ8) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2015. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications.

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v t e Ekspress satellites
List of Ekspress satellites
Ekspress	11L 12L
Ekspress-A	A1 A1R A2 A3
Ekspress-AM	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM4R AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM11 AM22 AM33 AM44 AMU1
Ekspress-AT	AT1 AT2
Ekspress-MD	MD1 MD2

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January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' × 2 · AESP-14) – MUOS-3 – SMAP · FIREBIRD II A, B · GRIFEX · ExoCube
February	IGS-Radar Spare – Inmarsat 5-F2 – Fajr – DSCOVR – Progress M-26M – Kosmos 2503 / Bars-M No. 1
March	ABS-3A · Eutelsat 115 West B – WADIS-2 – MMS – Ekspress AM7 – USA-260 / GPS IIF -9 – KOMPSat-3A – IGS-Optical 5 – Soyuz TMA-16M – Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 – IRNSS-1D – BeiDou I1-S – Gonets-M 11, 12, 13 · Kosmos 2504
April	SpaceX CRS-6 (Arkyd-3R · AggieSat 4 · Bevo 2 · Flock-1e × 14) – Thor 7 · SICRAL-2 – TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT – Progress M-27M
May	Mexsat-1 – USA-261 / X-37 OTV-4 · LightSail-1 · USS Langley · BRICSat-P · ParkinsonSat · GEARRS-2 · AeroCube 8A, 8B · OptiCube 1, 2, 3 – DirecTV-15 · SKY México-1
June	Kosmos 2505 / Kobalt-M – Sentinel-2A – Kosmos 2506 / Persona No.3 – Gaofen 8 – SpaceX CRS-7 (Flock-1f × 8)
July	Progress M-28M – UK-DMC 3 × 3 · CBNT-1 · DeOrbitSail – USA-262 / GPS IIF -10 – Star One C4 · MSG-4 – Soyuz TMA-17M – USA-263 / WGS-7 – BeiDou M1-S, M2-S
August	HTV-5 / Kounotori 5 (SERPENS · S-CUBE · Flock-2b × 14 · AAUSAT 5 · GOMX 3) – Eutelsat 8 West B · Intelsat 34 – Yaogan 27 – GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E – Inmarsat 5-F3
September	Soyuz TMA-18M – MUOS-4 – Galileo FOC-5, FOC-6 – TJSSW-1 – Gaofen 9 – Ekspress AM8 – XY-2 · Tiantuo-3 · ZDPS 2A, 2B · Xiwang-2 × 6 · DCBB · LilacSat-2 · NUDT-Phone-Sat · Xingchen × 4 · NS-2 · Zijing × 2 – Kosmos 2507, 2508, 2509 / Strela-3M × 3 – Pujian-1 · Tianwang 1A, 1B, 1C – Astrosat · LAPAN-A2 · ExactView 9 · Lemur-2 × 4 – BeiDou I2-S – NBN-Co 1A · ARSAT-2
October	Progress M-29M – Mexsat-2 – Jilin-1 · Lingqiao A · Lingqiao B · LQSAT – USA-264 / NOSS Intruder × 2 / NROL-55 · AeroCube-5c, 7 · SNaP-3 × 3 · PropCube × 2 · SINOD-D × 2 · ARC-1 · BisonSat · AMSAT Fox-1 · LMRST-Sat – APStar-9 – Türksat 4B – Tianhui 1C – USA-265 / GPS IIF -11
November	Chinasat 2C – HiakaSat · EDSN × 8 · PrintSat · Argus · STACEM · Supernova-Beta – Yaogan 28 – Arabsat 6B · GSAT-15 – Kosmos 2510 / EKS-1 / Tundra-11L – LaoSat-1 – Telstar 12V – Yaogan 29
December	LISA Pathfinder – Kosmos 2511 / Kanopus-ST · Kosmos 2512 / KYuA-1 – Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e × 12 · CADRE · MinXSS 1 · Nodes × 2 · STMSat 1 · SIMPL) – ChinaSat 1C – Elektro-L No.2 – Kosmos 2513 / Garpun-12L – Soyuz TMA-19M – TeLEOS-1 · VELOX-C1 · Kent Ridge 1 · VELOX 2 · Galassia · Athenoxat-1 – DAMPE – Galileo FOC-8, FOC-9 – Progress MS-01 – Orbcomm-2 × 11 – Ekspress-AMU1 – Gaofen 4
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

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