Express AMU1

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Express AMU1
Start date December 24, 2015 at 9:31 PM UTC
Launcher Proton / Bris-M
Launch site Baikonur
COSPAR-ID : 2015-082A
Takeoff mass 5892 kg
Manufacturer Airbus Defense and Space
Satellite bus Eurostar 3000
lifespan 15th
Stabilization Three-axis stabilization
operator RSCC
Playback information
Transponder 61 Ku-band and 10 Ka-band transponders (other source 58 Ku- and 18 Ka-band)
Others
Electrical power 15 kW
position
First position 36 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Express AMU1 is a television satellite owned by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow . Eutelsat has leased capacity on the satellite and is providing successor capacity for Eutelsat 36A under the name Eutelsat 36C .

It was on December 24, 2015 21:31 UTC with a Proton / Briz-M - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Baikonur into a geostationary brought orbit. The construction of the satellite was decided within the ten-year plan from 2006 to 2015 on October 22, 2005 with the Russian Government Decree No. 635. In Russia, loans from the Gazprombank company were used to finance the satellite . It was ordered by RSCC from Airbus Defense and Space and Astrium in May 2013 at a price of around 210 million US dollars at the time.

The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 61 Ku-band - and 10 Multibeam Ka-band - transponders and from the position / inclination 36 ° East from the European part of the Russian Federation Eutelsat with television and broadband services and for Eutelsat the African countries south of the Sahara with Provide telecommunication services. It was built on the basis of the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus from Airbus Defense and Space and has a planned service life of 15 years.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ russianspaceweb.com: Ekspress-AMU1 (Eutelsat-36C) communications satellite , accessed December 29, 2015
  2. ↑ a b raumfahrer.net: Express-AMU 1 transported by Proton-M into space , accessed on December 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Eutelsat: EUTELSAT 36C , accessed on December 29, 2020, Airbus Defense and Space
  4. ↑ a b NASASpaceFlight.com: Russian Proton-M successfully launches with Ekspress AMU1 , accessed December 29, 2015