Ekspress-AM22
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Ekspress-AM22 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ22, meaning Express-AM22) is a Russian communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia.[5]
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Names | Экспресс-АМ22 SESAT-2 Eutelsat SESAT-2 Ekspress-AM22 Express-AM22 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | RSCC / Eutelsat Communications |
COSPAR ID | 2003-060A |
SATCAT no. | 28134 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 12 years (planned) 15 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM22 |
Spacecraft type | KAUR |
Bus | MSS-2500-GSO[1] |
Manufacturer | NPO PM (bus) Alcatel Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 2,600 kg (5,700 lb) |
Dry mass | 590 kg (1,300 lb) [2] |
Power | 6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 December 2003, 23:00:00 UTC[3] |
Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 9 March 2004 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | January 2019 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[4] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 53° East (2004–2015) 80° East (2015–2019) |
Transponders | |
Band | 24 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Europe, Russia, Siberia, Asia |
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