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Ekspress AM8

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Ekspress-AM8
Names Экспресс-АМ8
Express-AM8
Mission type Communications
Operator RSCC Space Communications (RSCC)
COSPAR ID 2015-048A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no. 40895
Website eng .rscc .ru
Mission duration 15 years (planned)
8 years, 8 months and 9 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 [2]
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 [1]
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
 

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 .

Satellite description [ edit ]

Thales Alenia Space , constructed Ekspress-AM8 payload, and ISS Reshetnev constructed the satellite bus which was based on the Ekspress-1000NTB . The satellite has a mass of 2,100 kg (4,600 lb), provides 5.9 kilowatts to its payload, and a planned operational lifespan of 15 years. The satellite carried 62 transponders : 24 operating in the C-band of the electromagnetic spectrum, 12 in the Ku-band and 2 in the L-band . [1]

Mission [ edit ]

The satellite is designed to provide TV and radio broadcasting services, data transmission , multimedia services, telephony , and mobile communications . [1]

Launch [ edit ]

Ekspress-AM8 was originally to be launched in 2012 or 2013 into RSCC's 14° West longitude , but was delayed to 2015. It used a Proton-M / Blok DM-03 launch vehicle to be inserted directly into geostationary orbit. [3]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Express-AM8" . RSCC Space Communications. 25 March 2021 . Retrieved 25 March 2021 .
  2. ^ Bergin, Chris (14 September 2015). "Russian Proton M successfully launches Ekspress-AM8" . NASASpaceFliught.com . Retrieved 25 March 2021 .
  3. ^ "Ekspress-AM8" . Gunter's Space Page. 21 July 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2021 .
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