Ekspress-AM 8
Ekspress-AM 8 [ISS Reshetnev]
The Ekspress-AM 8 is a communication satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payload is built by Thales Alenia Space.
The Express-AM8 satellite, to be launched in 2012 or 2013 into RSCC’s 14 degrees west orbital slot, will generate 5.9 kilowatts of end-of-life power to a payload consisting of 24 C-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz) |
| Contractors: | ISS Reshetnev (Bus), Thales Alenia Space (TAS) (Payload) |
| Equipment: | 24 C-band, 12 Ka-band, 2 L-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Ekspress-1000SN |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays 5.9 kW (EoL), batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekspress-AM 8 | 2014 | TB | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) |
Further Ekspress missions:
- Ekspress 1, 2 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-A 1, 1R, 2, 3 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AM 1 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AM 2, 3 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AM 4, 4R (Eurostar-3000)
- Ekspress-AM 5 (Ekspress-2000)
- Ekspress-AM 6 (Ekspress-2000)
- Ekspress-AM 7 (Eurostar-3000)
- Ekspress-AM 8 (Ekspress-1000SN)
- Ekspress-AM 11 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AM 22 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AM 33, 44 (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Ekspress-AMU 1 (Eurostar-3000)
- Ekspress-AT 1 (Ekspress-1000SN)
- Ekspress-AT 2 (Ekspress-1000K)
- Ekspress-MD 1, 2
