Ekspress-AMU7

Ekspress-AMU7
Names	Экспресс-АМU7 ; Ekspress-AMU7 ; Express-AMU7
Mission type	Communications
Operator	RSCC
COSPAR ID	2021-123B
SATCAT no.	50002
Website	https://eng.rscc.ru/
Mission duration	15 years (planned) ; 2 years, 6 months, 2 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Ekspress-AMU7
Spacecraft type	Ekspress
Bus	Ekspress-1000N
Manufacturer	ISS Reshetnev (bus) ; Thales Alenia Space (payload)
Launch mass	1,980 kg (4,370 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	12 December 2021, 12:07 UTC
Rocket	Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur , Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	4 May 2022
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	145° East
Transponders
Band	37 transponders : ; 16 C-band ; 20 Ku-band ; 1 L-band
Coverage area	Russia
	Ekspress constellation ← Ekspress-AMU3 Ekspress-AMU4 →

Ekspress-AMU7 ( Russian : Экспресс-АМU7 , meaning Express-AMU7 ) 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 VSAT technology to Russia. Replacement for Ekspress-A4 . ^[2]

Satellite description [ edit ]

The satellite has a total of 37 transponders , of which 16 C-band , 20 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. ^[3] The Ekspress-AMU7 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (ISS Reshetnev) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz . The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space , in Italy.

Launch [ edit ]

Ekspress-AMU7 was launched on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle on 13 December 2021, at 12L07 UTC , from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan . ^[4]

Mission [ edit ]

Ekspress-AMU7 was launched with Ekspress-AMU3 .

References [ edit ]

^ "Ekspress-AMU3, -AMU7" . Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020 . Retrieved 24 April 2021 .
^ "Russian rocket deploys Express comsats into high-altitude orbit" . Spaceflight Now. 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 14 December 2021 .
^ "Запуск космических аппаратов "Экспресс АМУ-3" и "Экспресс АМУ-7" " [Launch of the spacecraft "Express AMU-3" and "Express AMU-7"]. Roscosmos . Retrieved 9 December 2021 .
^ "Спутники "Экспресс-АМУ3" и "Экспресс-АМУ7" запустят 8 ноября" [The satellites "Ekspress-AMU3" and "Ekspress-AMU7" will be launched on November 8] (in Russian). TASS. 4 June 2021 . Retrieved 23 July 2021 .

[Gunter-1] "Ekspress-AMU3, -AMU7" . Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020 . Retrieved 24 April 2021 .

[SFN20211214-2] "Russian rocket deploys Express comsats into high-altitude orbit" . Spaceflight Now. 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 14 December 2021 .

[3] "Запуск космических аппаратов "Экспресс АМУ-3" и "Экспресс АМУ-7" " [Launch of the spacecraft "Express AMU-3" and "Express AMU-7"]. Roscosmos . Retrieved 9 December 2021 .

[4] "Спутники "Экспресс-АМУ3" и "Экспресс-АМУ7" запустят 8 ноября" [The satellites "Ekspress-AMU3" and "Ekspress-AMU7" will be launched on November 8] (in Russian). TASS. 4 June 2021 . Retrieved 23 July 2021 .

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Ekspress satellites
List of Ekspress satellites
Ekspress	11L 12L
Ekspress-A	A1 A1R A2 A3
Ekspress-AM	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM4R AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM11 AM22 AM33 AM44 AMU1 AMU3 AMU7
Ekspress-AT	AT1 AT2
Ekspress-MD	MD1 MD2

v t e ← 2020 Orbital launches in 2021 2022 →
January	Turksat 5A PICS 1 , PICS 2 , Q-PACE , TechEdSat-7 Tiantong-1 03 Starlink V1.0-L16 (60 satellites) Starlink v1.0 R1 (10 satellites), ION-SCV 002 ( Flock-4s × 8 , SpaceBEE × 12 ), Capella 3 , Capella 4 , ICEYE × 3, Hawk × 3, Astrocast × 5 , Flock-4s × 40 , HYPSO-1 , Kepler × 8 , Lemur-2 × 8 , PTD-1 , SpaceBEE × 24 Yaogan 31-02 (3 satellites)
February	Kosmos 2549 / Lotos-S1 №4 Starlink V1.0-L18 (60 satellites) TJS 6 Progress MS-16 Starlink V1.0-L19 (60 satellites) Cygnus NG-15 ( MMSAT-1 , GuaraniSat-1 , Maya-2 , OPUSAT-II , RSP-01 , STARS-EC , WARP-01 ) Yaogan 31-03 (3 satellites) Amazonia-1 , SpaceBEE × 12
March	Starlink V1.0-L17 (60 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L20 (60 satellites) Shiyan 9 Yaogan 31-04 (3 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L21 (60 satellites) CAS500-1 , Suisen / Fukui Prefectural Satellite , Kepler 6 , Kepler 7 Photon Pathstone , BlackSky Global 9 Starlink V1.0-L22 (60 satellites) OneWeb L5 (36 satellites) Gaofen 12-02
April	Starlink V1.0-L23 (60 satellites) Shiyan 6-03 Soyuz MS-18 SpaceX Crew-2 OneWeb L6 (36 satellites) USA-314 / KH-11 18 Pleiades-Neo 3 , Lemur-2 AMANDA-SVANTE , Lemur-2 SPECIAL K Tianhe Starlink V1.0-L24 (60 satellites) Yaogan 34
May	Starlink V1.0-L25 (60 satellites) Yaogan 30-08 (3 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L27 (60 satellites) Starlink V1.0-L26 (52 satellites), Capella 6 USA-315 / SBIRS-GEO 5 HaiYang-2D Starlink V1.0-L28 (60 satellites) Tianzhou 2 OneWeb L7 (36 satellites)
June	Fengyun 4B SpaceX CRS-22 SXM-8 USA-316 , USA-317 , USA-318 Shenzhou 12 USA-319 / GPS IIIA - 05 Yaogan 30-09 (3 satellites) Kosmos 2550 / Pion-NKS №1 Progress MS-17 Brik-II , STORK-4 , STORK-5 Starlink V1.0-R2 (3 satellites), ION-SCV 003 ( SPARTAN ), SHERPA FX2 ( Lynk 05 , Astrocast × 5 , Lemur-2 × 3 , SpaceBEE × 12 ), SHERPA LTE1 ( KSF1 × 4 ), Capella 5 , ICEYE × 4, Hawk × 3, NuSat × 4, Lemur-2 × 3 , LINCS A , LINCS B , SpaceBEE × 12 , SpaceBEE NZ × 4 , Tiger-2 , TROPICS Pathfinder
July	OneWeb L8 (36 satellites) Jilin-1 Kuanfu-01B , Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D x 3 Fengyun-3E Tianlian I-05 Yaogan 30-10 (3 satellites) Nauka ( European Robotic Arm ) Eutelsat Quantum , Star One D2
August	Jilin-1 Mofang-01A † ChinaSat 2E Cygnus NG-16 EOS-03 / GISAT-1 † Pleiades Neo 4 OneWeb L9 (34 satellites) TJS-7 SpaceX CRS-23 ( Maya-3 , Maya-4 )
September	Gaofen 5-02 ChinaSat 9B Kosmos 2551 / EO MKA №1 Starlink G2-1 (51 satellites) OneWeb L10 (34 satellites) Inspiration4 Tianzhou 3 Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D Shiyan 10 Landsat 9 , CUTE
October	Soyuz MS-19 OneWeb L11 (36 satellites) CHASE Shenzhou 13 Lucy Shijian 21 SES-17 , Syracuse 4A QZS-1R Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F Progress MS-18
November	RAISE-2 , HIBARI , Z-Sat , DRUMS , TeikyoSat-4 , ASTERISC , ARICA , NanoDragon , KOSEN-1 SpaceX Crew-3 CERES x 3 DART ( LICIACube ) Progress M-UM ( Prichal ) Yaogan 32-2 (2 satellites) Yaogan 35 (3 satellites)
December	Starlink 24 (48 satellites) Soyuz MS-20 IXPE Ekspress-AMU3 Ekspress-AMU7 Starlink 25 (52 satellites) Turksat 5B SpaceX CRS-24 Inmarsat-6 F1 James Webb Space Telescope
Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Satellite description [ edit ]

Launch [ edit ]

Mission [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]