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Ekspress-AT 2
Ekspress-AT 2 [ISS Reshetnev]
The Ekspress-AT 2 is a Direct-To-Home broadcasting 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.
Express-AT2, with 3 kilowatts of power for 16 Ku-band transponders, will be operated at 36 degrees east.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz) |
| Contractors: | ISS Reshetnev (Bus), Thales Alenia Space (TAS) (Payload) |
| Equipment: | 16 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Ekspress-1000K |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays 3 kW (EoL), batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 1326 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekspress-AT 2 | 2014-010B | 15.03.2014 | Ba LC-81/24 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) | with Ekspress-AT 1 |
Further Ekspress missions:
- Ekspress 1, 2 [MSS-2500-GSO]
- Ekspress 80 [Ekspress-1000N]
- Ekspress 103 [Ekspress-1000N]
- 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-1000NTP]
- 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-AMU 3 [Ekspress-1000NTP]
- Ekspress-AMU 4 [Ekspress-1000N]
- Ekspress-AMU 7 [Ekspress-1000NTP]
- Ekspress-AT 1 [Ekspress-1000NTP]
- Ekspress-AT 2 [Ekspress-1000K]
- Ekspress-MD 1, 2
