Ekspress-AM8

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

19:00:00

Monday September 14, 2015

Mission Details

Ekspress-AM8

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The Ekspress-AM 8 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payload is built by Thales Alenia Space. The Express-AM8 Ekspress-1000NTB based satellite will generate 5.9 kilowatts of end-of-life power to a payload consisting of 24 C-band, 12 Ku-band and 2 L-band transponders.

Geostationary Earth Orbit

1 Payload

2,100 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/DM-3

Active Since 2010

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 57.24m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 10m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 81/24

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

6 days

Stats

Proton-M


92nd

Mission

5th

Mission of 2015

2015


51st

Orbital launch attempt