Ekspress-AM 7 [Airbus Defence and Space]
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has in March 2012 selected EADS Astrium to build the Ekspress-AM 7 communications satellite.
The satellite will operate at 40° east and will carry 36 Ku-band, 24 C-band and two L-band transponders as areplacemt for Ekspress-AM 1. It uses Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 satellite bus and provides 16 kilowatts to its payload at the end of a planned 15-year service life. It weighs 5,720 kilograms at launch.
Nation: | Russia |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz) |
Contractors: | EADS Astrium → Airbus Defence and Space |
Equipment: | 24 C-band, 36 Ku-band, 2 L-band transponders |
Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 5720 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Ekspress-AM 7 | 2015-012A | 18.03.2015 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) |