Ekspress AT1

Ekspress-AT1
Mission type Communications
Operator FGUP
COSPAR ID 2014-010A
SATCAT № 39612
Mission duration 15 years planned
Spacecraft properties
Bus Ekspress-1000H
Manufacturer ISS Reshetnev
Launch mass 1,672 kilograms (3,686 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 15 March 2014, 23:08 (2014-03-15UTC23:08Z) UTC
Rocket Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site Baikonur 81/24
Contractor Khrunichev
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Perigee 35,792 kilometres (22,240 mi)[1]
Apogee 35,793 kilometres (22,241 mi)[1]
Inclination 0.04 degrees[1]
Period 1436.09 minutes[1]
Epoch 25 January 2015, 03:33:14 UTC[1]

Ekspress AT1 (Russian: Экспресс АT1) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications. It is based on the Ekspress-1000N satellite bus manufactured by JSC Information Satellite Systems. Its mass at launch is 1672 kg, and the power allocated to the payload is about 5600 watts. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite TV to western and central Russia, as well as western and central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years.[2][3] It was launched in the framework of Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, approved by the Government Decree №635 signed on 22 October 2005 by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "EXPRESS AT-1 Satellite details 2014-010A NORAD 39612". N2YO. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. Chris Bergin (15 March 2014). "Proton-M successfully lofts Express-AT satellite duo". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ""Триколор ТВ" в ожидании апреля". comnews.ru. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.


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