Ekspress-2000
Spacecraft
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Russian satellite bus by Reshetnev and Thales Alenia for large satellites. Supported spacecraft with a mass of up to 3500 kg, with a 1000 kg payload and 14 kW of power. Design life of 15 years
AM-5 used a Reshetnev Ekspress-2000 bus with C, Ku, Ka and L-band communications payloads developed in collaboration with the Canadian company MDA. The Briz-M made four burns to deliver Ekspress AM-5 to a sub-geostationary orbit of around 33,800 x 37,800 km x 0.18 deg. It used its on-board electric propulsion system (ion drive) to complete the trek to GEO.
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Subtopics
- Ekspress-AM 5 Communication satellite built by ISS Reshetnev (ex NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, NPO PM) (Bus), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) (Payload) for RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), Russia. Launched 2013. Used the Ekspress-2000. Launched 2013.
- Yamal 401-2 Communication satellite built by ISS Reshetnev (prime); Thales Alenia Space (payload) for Gazprom Space Systems, Russia. Launched 2014. Used the Ekspress-2000A bus.
- Yamal 601-2 Communication satellite built by ISS Reshetnev (prime); Thales Alenia Space (payload) for Gazprom Space Systems. Used the Ekspress-2000 bus.
- Yenisey A1 (Luch 4) Null
Related
- Family
- Communications
- Launch Vehicles
- Proton, Proton-M/Briz-M
- Launch Sites
- Baikonur LC81/24
Photo Gallery
Ekspress AM-6
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Chronology
5 events
2013 December 26
10:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC81/24. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Ekspress AM-5 - .
Mass: 3,600 kg (7,900 lb). Nation: Russia.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Ekspress-2000.
USAF Sat Cat: 39487 . COSPAR: 2013-077A. Apogee: 35,787 km (22,236 mi). Perigee: 35,786 km (22,236 mi). Inclination: 0.0400 deg. Period: 1,436.09 min.
AM-5 used a Reshetnev Ekspress-2000 bus with C, Ku, Ka and L-band communications payloads developed in collaboration with the Canadian company MDA. The Briz-M made four burns to deliver Ekspress AM-5 to a sub-geostationary orbit of around 33,800 x 37,800 km x 0.18 deg. It used its on-board electric propulsion system (ion drive) to complete the trek to GEO.
2014 October 21
15:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC81/24. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Ekspress AM-6 - .
Payload: EXPRESS AM-6. Mass: 3,358 kg (7,403 lb). Nation: Russia.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Ekspress-2000.
USAF Sat Cat: 40277 . COSPAR: 2014-064A. Apogee: 35,789 km (22,238 mi). Perigee: 35,783 km (22,234 mi). Inclination: 0.0200 deg. Period: 1,436.08 min.
The final Briz-M burn was incomplete, leaving the communications satellite in an orbit with a 1373 min period - significantly below the planned orbit. Ekspress AM-6 had to reach its geosynchronous destination using extra xenon propellant from its own electric propulsion system at the cost of operational lifetime. Ekspress AM-6 orbit is 1373.2 min, 31307 x 37784 km x 0.7 deg; the Briz-M's auxiliary SOZ thrusters disposed of the stage into a 1512.4 min, 34984 x 39549 km x 1.0 deg orbit. Stationed in geosynchronous orbit at 140 deg east.
2017 August 16
22:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC81/24. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Cosmos 2520 - . Payload: Blagovest No. 11L. Nation: Russia. Spacecraft: Ekspress-2000. USAF Sat Cat: 42907 . COSPAR: 2017-046A. Apogee: 35,793 km (22,240 mi). Perigee: 35,778 km (22,231 mi). Inclination: 0.0300 deg. Period: 1,436.04 min. See Kosmos 2520 (Blagovest 11L). ..
2018 April 18
22:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC81/24. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Cosmos 2526 - . Payload: Blagovest No. 12L. Nation: Russia. Spacecraft: Ekspress-2000. USAF Sat Cat: 43432 . COSPAR: 2018-037A. Apogee: 35,791 km (22,239 mi). Perigee: 35,781 km (22,233 mi). Inclination: 0.0300 deg. Period: 1,436.06 min. See Kosmos 2526 (Blagovest 12L). ..
2018 December 21
00:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC200/39. LV Family: Proton. Launch Vehicle: Proton-M/Briz-M.- Cosmos 2533 - .
Nation: Russia.
Type: Comms 1. Spacecraft: Ekspress-2000.
USAF Sat Cat: 43867 . COSPAR: 2018-107A. Apogee: 35,792 km (22,240 mi). Perigee: 35,781 km (22,233 mi). Inclination: 0.0800 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
See Kosmos 2533 (Blagovest 13L). Blagovest military communications satellite. Some reports suggested a problem with the final Briz-M burn, but on December 29 it was shown by US tracking in a 35421 x 35802 km x 0.2 deg orbit drifting over 77E.