Ekspress AM5
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | FGUP |
COSPAR ID | 2013-077A |
SATCAT № | 39487 |
Mission duration | 15 years planned |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Ekspress-2000 |
Manufacturer |
ISS Reshetnev MDA Corporation |
Launch mass | 3,600 kilograms (7,900 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 December 2013, 10:49:56 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M/Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur 81/24[2] |
Contractor | Khrunichev |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Perigee | 35,788 kilometres (22,238 mi)[3] |
Apogee | 35,798 kilometres (22,244 mi)[3] |
Inclination | 0.04 degrees[3] |
Period | 1436.13 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 22 January 2015, 22:13:28 UTC[3] |
Ekspress-AM5 (Russian: Экспресс АМ5) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2013. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications.[4]
References
- ↑ Bergin, Chris (26 December 2013). "Russian Proton-M launches Ekspress-AM5". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ↑ "Carrier rocket Proton-M with Express-AM5 spacecraft to be launched from Baikonur". Voice of Russia. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "EXPRESS-AM5 Satellite details 2013-077A NORAD 39487". N2YO. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Express-AM5 satellite delivered to final orbit". Itar Tass. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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