Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:18:00
Monday January 28, 2008
The Ekspress-AM 33 and 44 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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,532 kilograms
Manufacturer
KhrunichevPrice
$65.00 million
Rocket
Height: 58.18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 6,900 kg
Liftoff Thrust
10,027 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.35m
Height: 15.26m
Stages
4
21st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2008
3rd
Orbital launch attempt