Ekspress-AM7

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has in March 2012 selected EADS Astrium to build the Ekspress-AM 7 communications satellite. The satellite will operate at 40° east and will carry 36 Ku-band, 24 C-band and two L-band transponders as areplacemt for Ekspress-AM 1. It uses Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 satellite bus and provides 16 kilowatts to its payload at the end of a planned 15-year service life. It weighs 5,720 kilograms at launch.