Ekspress-AT1
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Ekspress-AT1 (Russian: Экспресс-АT1) is a Russian Direct-To-Home broadcasting satellite which was launched on 15 March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).
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Names | Экспресс-АT1 Express-AT1 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2014-010A |
SATCAT no. | 39612 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 10 years, 1 month and 11 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-AT1 |
Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
Bus | Ekspress-1000H[1] |
Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev |
Launch mass | 1,726 kg (3,805 lb) [1] |
Power | 5.880 kW[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 March 2014, 23:08:00 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 22 April 2014 [1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 56° East (2014–present) |
Transponders | |
Band | 32 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan |
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