Ekran-M
Ekran-M continued the colour television broadcast to community users in Siberia and the Far North.
The Ekran-M spacecraft were upgraded versions of the original Ekran craft and an augmented solar arrays to provide 1.8 kW of power. Most significantly, the lifetime of the satellites was increased from 3 to 9 years, which several crafts surpased.
A modified Ekran-M, called Ekran-D, was proposed to permit digital transmissions of a broader assortment of information. The Ekran-D has not appeared yet.
Nation: | USSR / Russia |
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Type / Application: | Communication, direct broadcasting |
Operator: | RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz) |
Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
Equipment: | 1 (+1) UHF 200 W transponder, C-band uplink |
Configuration: | KAUR-3 |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 9 years |
Mass: | ~2000 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Kosmos 1817 (Ekran-M (1), Ekran-M 11L) | 1987-010A | 30.01.1987 | Ba LC-200/40 | P | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | |
Ekran-M 1 (Ekran-M 13L) | 1987-109A | 27.12.1987 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Ekran-M 2 (Ekran-M 12L) | 1988-108A | 10.12.1988 | Ba LC-200/40 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Ekran-M (3) (Ekran-M 14L) | 1990-F04 | 09.08.1990 | Ba LC-200/39 | F | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | |
Ekran-M 3 (Ekran-M 15L) | 1992-074A | 30.10.1992 | Ba LC-81/23 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Ekran-M 4 (Ekran-M 18L) | 2001-014A | 07.04.2001 | Ba LC-81/24 | Proton-M Briz-M (Mod 1) | ||
Ekran-M x (Ekran-M 16L) | - | not launched | Ba | Proton-M Briz-M (Mod 1) | ||
Ekran-M x (Ekran-M 17L) | - | not launched | Ba | Proton-M Briz-M (Mod 1) |