| Names | Экспресс-АМU7 Ekspress-AMU7 Express-AMU7 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | RSCC |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-123B |
| SATCAT no. | 50002 |
| Website | https://eng.rscc.ru/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 1 year, 11 months, 22 days (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Ekspress-AMU7 |
| Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
| Bus | Ekspress-1000N |
| Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
| Launch mass | 1,980 kg (4,370 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 12 December 2021, 12:07 UTC |
| Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | 4 May 2022 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 145° East |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 37 transponders: 16 C-band 20 Ku-band 1 L-band |
| Coverage area | Russia |
Ekspress-AMU7 (Russian: Экспресс-АМU7, meaning Express-AMU7) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying VSAT technology to Russia. Replacement for Ekspress-A4.[2]
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Satellite description
The satellite has a total of 37 transponders, of which 16 C-band, 20 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders.[3] The Ekspress-AMU7 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (ISS Reshetnev) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space, in Italy.
Launch
Ekspress-AMU7 was launched on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle on 13 December 2021, at 12L07 UTC, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[4]
Mission
Ekspress-AMU7 was launched with Ekspress-AMU3.
See also
References
- ^ "Ekspress-AMU3, -AMU7". Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Russian rocket deploys Express comsats into high-altitude orbit". Spaceflight Now. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Запуск космических аппаратов "Экспресс АМУ-3" и "Экспресс АМУ-7"" [Launch of the spacecraft "Express AMU-3" and "Express AMU-7"]. Roscosmos. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Спутники "Экспресс-АМУ3" и "Экспресс-АМУ7" запустят 8 ноября" [The satellites "Ekspress-AMU3" and "Ekspress-AMU7" will be launched on November 8] (in Russian). TASS. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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