Status
Success
Ekspress-AM7
Launch Time
Wed Mar 18, 2015 22:04 UTC
Wed Mar 18, 2015 22:04 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,720.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2015
13th orbital launch attempt
Proton-M
89th mission
2nd mission of 2015
79th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission