Status
Success
Ekspress AM5
Launch Time
Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:49 UTC
Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:49 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Ekspress AM5
The Ekspress-AM 5 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services.
The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 15 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). It consists of 30 C-band, 40 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,358.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2013
80th orbital launch attempt
Proton-M
79th mission
10th mission of 2013
71st successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission