Status
Success
Ekspress-AM2
Launch Time
Tue Mar 29, 2005 21:31 UTC
Tue Mar 29, 2005 21:31 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Ekspress-AM2
The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Alcatel, in France.
The satellite was retired in 2016 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,542.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2005
10th orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
302nd mission
1st mission of 2005
267th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission