Ekspress AM8
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Ekspress-AM8 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ8 meaning Express-AM8) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2015. 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-АМ8 Express-AM8 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | RSCC Space Communications (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2015-048A |
SATCAT no. | 40895 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 8 years, 7 months and 12 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM8 |
Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
Bus | Ekspress-1000H |
Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) |
Dry mass | 661 kg (1,457 lb) |
Power | 5.880 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 September 2015, 19:00:00 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M / Blok DM-03 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 1 December 2015 [2] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 14° West (2015–present) |
Transponders | |
Band | 38 transponders: 24 C-band 12 Ku-band 2 L-band |
Coverage area | Russia, CIS |
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