NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ekspress-AM2

Launch Time
Tue Mar 29, 2005 21:31 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K/Block DM-2M
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

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