flown missionSuccess
Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center200/39 (200L) — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
The Ekspress-AMU 3 and Ekspress-AMU 7 are two communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft themselves are built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Thales Alenia Space. Both satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000 bus and feature 16 Ku-, 1 L- and 20 C-band transponders. They will be located at 96.5° and 145° East respectively.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Family
- Proton / UR-500
- Variant
- Briz-M
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
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launch site
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 46.0400, 63.0321