Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch Successful
Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
Proton-M Briz-M
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Provider
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Proton-M Briz-M
- Height
- 53 m
- Diameter
- 7.4 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 68
- First flight
- 2001-04-07
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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