Express AM1 at 40° E
also known as Ekspress AM1
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 40° EChannel line-up at 40° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 28463
- COSPAR number
- 2004-043A
- Operator
- Russian Satellite Communications Company
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev (ex NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, NPO PM)
- Model
- MSS-2500-GSO
- Launch
- 29 Oct 2004 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 2600 kg
- Dry mass
- 570 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 12 yrs.
- Beacon
- 3800R, 11200H, 11199.75H
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Wide Beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Europe Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Indian Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Wide Europe Beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Express AM1
9 C-band, 18 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders to provide a package of communications services (digital TV, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access) and to deploy satellite networks by applying VSAT technology to Russia and its neighbors.