Status
Success
Ekspress-AM3
Launch Time
Fri Jun 24, 2005 19:41 UTC
Fri Jun 24, 2005 19:41 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Ekspress-AM3
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,542.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2005
26th orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
303rd mission
2nd mission of 2005
268th successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission