Ekspress-AM33

Ekspress-AM33 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ33, meaning Express-AM33) 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 Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and the Middle East.[1]

Ekspress-AM33
NamesЭкспресс-АМ33
Ekspress-AM33
Express-AM33
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorRussian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
COSPAR ID2008-003A
SATCAT no.32478
Websiteeng.rscc.ru
Mission duration10-12 years (planned)
15 years, 8 months and 27 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEkspress-AM33
Spacecraft typeKAUR
BusMSS-2500-GSO[1]
ManufacturerNPO PM (bus)
Thales Alenia Space (payload)
Launch mass2,600 kg (5,700 lb)[1]
Dry mass605 kg (1,334 lb)
Power4410 watts
Start of mission
Launch date28 January 2008,
00:18:00 UTC[2]
RocketProton-M / Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service14 April 2008 [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[4]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude96.5° East (2008–present)
Transponders
Band17 transponders:
10 C-band
6 Ku-band
1 L-band
Coverage areaRussia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Middle East
 

Satellite description

The satellite has a total of 17 transponders, was 10 C-band, 6 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM33 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space.[5]

Launch

Ekspress-AM33 was launched by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, using a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle. The launch took place at 00:18:00 UTC on 28 January 2008, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[2] Successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), Ekspress-AM33 raised itself into an operational geostationary orbit using its apogee motor.

Mission

Express-AM33 was launched into orbit on 28 January 2008. The commercial operation of the satellite started on 14 April 2008.[3] The Ekspress-103 satellite entered in service at orbital position 96.5° East on 25 March 2021, where it replaced Ekspress-AM33.[6]

References
  1. "Satellite Ekspress-AM33". SatBeams. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. "Express-AM33 at 96,5° East". sky-brokers.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. "EXPRESS-AM33". N2YO.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. "Report # 581". Jonathan's Space Report. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. "Proton-M - 30 juillet 2020". Kosmonavtika. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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