NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ekspress-AM3

Launch Time
Fri Jun 24, 2005 19:41 UTC

Rocket

Proton K/Block-DM-2
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,400 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

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