Express AM8 at 14° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 14° WChannel line-up at 14° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 40895
- COSPAR number
- 2015-048A
- Operator
- Russian Satellite Communications Company
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev (ex NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, NPO PM)
- Model
- Express-1000SN
- Launch
- 14 Sept 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 2100 kg
- Dry mass
- 661 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 16 yrs.
- Beacon
- 3850 RHCP, 3850.5 LHCP, 11199.5 RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Africa+Europe beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band Americas beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Africa beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Americas beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Europe Middle East beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Express AM8
24 C-band, 16 Ku-band and 2 L-band transponders to provide services to Europe, Africa and Americas