Ekspress-AM2

Ekspress-AM2 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ2, meaning Express-AM2) 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) and to deploy satellite networks by applying VSAT technology to Russia and its neighbors (CIS).[1]

Ekspress-AM2
NamesЭкспресс-АМ2
Ekspress-AM2
Express-AM2
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRussian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID2005-010A
SATCAT no.28629
Websiteeng.rscc.ru
Mission duration12 years (planned)
11 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEkspress-AM2
Spacecraft typeKAUR
BusMSS-2500-GSO[1]
ManufacturerNPO PM (bus)
Alcatel Space (payload)
Launch mass2,542 kg (5,604 lb)
Dry mass596 kg (1,314 lb)
Power6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date29 March 2005, 21:31:00 UTC[2]
RocketProton-K / DM-2M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered serviceMay 2005
End of mission
DisposalGraveyard orbit
Deactivated2016
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[3]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude80° East (2005–2016)
Transponders
Band29 transponders:
16 C-band
12 Ku-band
1 L-band
Coverage areaRussia, CIS
 

Satellite description

The satellite has a total of 29 transponders, was 16 C-band, 12 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM2 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Alcatel Space.[4]

Launch

Ekspress-AM2 was launched by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle. The launch took place at 21:31:00 UTC on 29 March 2005, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[2] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM2 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.

Mission

Ekspress-AM2 was retired in 2016 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.[5]

References
  1. "Satellite Ekspress-AM2". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. "EXPRESS-AM2". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. "Report # 546". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. "Ekspress-AM2, -AM3". Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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