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Ekspress-AM1

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Ekspress-AM1
NamesЭкспресс-АМ1
Ekspress-AM1
Express-AM1
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRussian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID2004-043A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.28463
Websitehttps://eng.rscc.ru/
Mission duration12 years (planned)
8.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEkspress-AM1
Spacecraft typeKAUR
BusMSS-2500-GSO (MS-767) [1]
ManufacturerNPO PM (bus)
NEC (payload)
Launch mass2,542 kg (5,604 lb)
Dry mass570 kg (1,260 lb)
Power6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date29 October 2004,
22:11:00 UTC[2]
RocketProton-K / DM-2M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service16 February 2005
End of mission
DisposalGraveyard orbit
Deactivated10 August 2013
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[3]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude40° East (2005-2013)
Transponders
Band28 transponders:
9 C-band
18 Ku-band
1 L-band
Coverage areaRussia, CIS

Ekspress-AM1 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ1, meaning Express-AM1) 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).[4]

Satellite description

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The satellite has a total of 28 transponders, was 9 C-band, 18 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM1 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM)) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the Japanese companies NEC and Toshiba.[5]

Launch

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Ekspress-AM1 was launched by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle. The launch took place at 22:11:00 UTC on 29 October 2004, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[2] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM1 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.

Mission

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Ekspress-AM1 failed in May 2010 following a shutdown of its attitude-control system. It was recovered, but inclination increased afterwards. On 10 August 2013, the satellite was finally decommissioned and afterwards sent to a graveyard orbit.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ekspress-AM1". Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ "EXPRESS-AM1". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Satellites". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Report # 538". Jonathan's Space Report. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2021.