Status
Partial Failure
Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:07 UTC
The final of 5 burns by the Briz-M upper stage was cut short, leaving the payloads in a lower-than-intended orbit.
It is not known to this day if the satellites will have to perform maneuvers to correct the orbit or not, if it's not the case, this flight will be later requalified as "success".
Rocket
Mission Details
Ekspress-AMU3
The Ekspress-AMU 3 spacecraft is designed to operate in an orbital position of 103 ° E and is equipped with 7 active transponders in the C-band and two active transponders in the L-band. The Ku-band has a reconfigurable architecture with up to 22 active transponders.
The device includes a payload designed for reception, low-noise amplification, and frequency conversion of the received signal, in accordance with the channel bandwidth, as well as re-transmission of the received signal.
The satellite is built on the Ekspress-1000N satellite bus produced by ISS Reshetnev and the payloads are of Thales Alenia Space
Ekspress-AMU7
The Ekspress-AMU 7 spacecraft is designed to operate in an orbital position of 145 ° east longitude and is equipped with 16 active and two additional transponders operating through the use of backup equipment in the C-band, 20 active transponders in the Ku-band and 1 active transponder in the L band.
The device includes a payload designed for reception, low-noise amplification, and frequency conversion of the received signal, in accordance with the channel bandwidth, as well as re-transmission of the received signal.
The satellite is built on the Ekspress-1000N satellite bus produced by ISS Reshetnev and the payloads are of Thales Alenia Space