Express AM7

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Express AM7
Start date March 19, 2015 at 10:05 pm
Launcher Proton-M
Launch site Baikonur
COSPAR-ID : 2015-012A
Takeoff mass 5712 kg
Manufacturer Airbus Defense and Space
Satellite bus Eurostar E3000
lifespan 15th
Stabilization three-axis stabilized
operator RSCC
Playback information
Transponder 36 Ku-Band , 24 C-Band and 2 L-Band
Others
Electrical power 18 kW
position
First position 40 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Express AM7 is a commercial communications satellite owned by the Russian Satellite Communications Company .

He was born on March 19, 2015 at 22:05 UTC with an M Proton / Briz-M - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Baikonur into a geostationary brought orbit.

The three-axis stabilized satellite with 36 Ku-band -, 24 C-band - and 2 L-band - transponders equipped and will supply 40 degrees East Russia and neighboring areas of telecommunications services and television on the position. It was based on the satellite bus euro E3000 of Airbus Defense and Space built and has a design life of 15 years. Airbus received the contract to build the satellite in March 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b NASASpaceFlight.com: Russian Proton-M successfully launches Ekspress-AM7 , accessed April 1, 2015
  2. russianspaceweb.com: Ekspress-AM7 communications satellite , accessed April 1, 2015