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Names | Экспресс-АМ8 Express-AM8 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | RSCC Space Communications (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2015-048A |
SATCAT no. | 40895 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 8 years, 10 months and 28 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM8 |
Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
Bus | Ekspress-1000H |
Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) |
Dry mass | 661 kg (1,457 lb) |
Power | 5.880 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 September 2015, 19:00:00 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Blok DM-03 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 1 December 2015 [1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 14° West (2015–present) |
Transponders | |
Band | 38 transponders: 24 C-band 12 Ku-band 2 L-band |
Coverage area | Russia, CIS |
Ekspress-AM8 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ8 meaning Express-AM8) 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 RSCC Space Communications.
Satellite description
[edit]Thales Alenia Space, constructed Ekspress-AM8 payload, and ISS Reshetnev constructed the satellite bus which was based on the Ekspress-1000NTB. The satellite has a mass of 2,100 kg (4,600 lb), provides 5.9 kilowatts to its payload, and a planned operational lifespan of 15 years. The satellite carried 62 transponders: 24 operating in the C-band of the electromagnetic spectrum, 12 in the Ku-band and 2 in the L-band.[1]
Mission
[edit]The satellite is designed to provide TV and radio broadcasting services, data transmission, multimedia services, telephony, and mobile communications.[1]
Launch
[edit]Ekspress-AM8 was originally to be launched in 2012 or 2013 into RSCC's 14° West longitude, but was delayed to 2015. It used a Proton-M / Blok DM-03 launch vehicle to be inserted directly into geostationary orbit.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Express-AM8". RSCC Space Communications. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Bergin, Chris (14 September 2015). "Russian Proton M successfully launches Ekspress-AM8". NASASpaceFliught.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Ekspress-AM8". Gunter's Space Page. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.