Ekspress-80
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Ekspress-80 (Russian: Экспресс-80 meaning Express-80) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2020. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the RSCC Space Communications.
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Names | Экспресс-80 Express-80 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | RSCC Space Communications (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2020-053B |
SATCAT no. | 45986 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 3 years, 9 months and 4 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-80 |
Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
Bus | Ekspress-1000H |
Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 1,947 kg (4,292 lb) |
Dry mass | 471 kg (1,038 lb) |
Power | 6.300 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 July 2020, 21:25:19 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 15 Mars 2021 [2] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 80° East (2020–present) |
Transponders | |
Band | 38 transponders: 16 C-band 20 Ku-band 2 L-band |
Coverage area | Russia, CIS |
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