Express MD1 at 80° E
also known as Ekspress MD-1
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 80° EChannel line-up at 80° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 33596
- COSPAR number
- 2009-007B
- Operator
- Russian Satellite Communications Company
- Manufacturer
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Model
- Yakhta
- Launch
- 11 Feb 2009 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 1140 kg
- Dry mass
- 225 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 10 yrs.
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Wide Beam (C band) View footprint
About Express MD1
8 C-band and 1 L-band transponders to provide digital TV & radio broadcasting, telephony, data transmission, multimedia and VSAT services to Russia and Asia. Satellite experience technical failure on Jul 4 2013.