Ekspress AM8
Ekspress-AM8 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ8 meaning Express-AM8) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2015. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the RSCC Space Communications.
| Names | Экспресс-АМ8 Express-AM8 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | RSCC Space Communications (RSCC) |
| COSPAR ID | 2015-048A |
| SATCAT no. | 40895 |
| Website | eng |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 8 years, 4 months and 30 days (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM8 |
| Spacecraft type | Ekspress |
| Bus | Ekspress-1000H |
| Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
| Launch mass | 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) |
| Dry mass | 661 kg (1,457 lb) |
| Power | 5.880 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 September 2015, 19:00:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Proton-M / Blok DM-03 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | 1 December 2015 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 14° West (2015–present) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 38 transponders: 24 C-band 12 Ku-band 2 L-band |
| Coverage area | Russia, CIS |
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