Ekspress AM7

Ekspress AM7
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	RSCC
COSPAR ID	2015-012A
SATCAT №	40505
Mission duration	15 years (planned)

Bus	Eurostar 3000
Manufacturer	Airbus Defence and Space
Launch mass	5,720 kilograms (12,610 lb)^[1]

Start of mission
Launch date	18 March 2015, 22:05:00 (2015-03-18UTC22:05Z) UTC^[2]
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geosynchronous
Longitude	40° East
Perigee	35,780 kilometres (22,230 mi)^[3]
Apogee	35,791 kilometres (22,239 mi)^[3]
Inclination	0.02 degrees^[3]
Period	1436.06 minutes^[3]
Epoch	20 April 2015, 03:23:57 UTC^[3]

Transponders
Band	24 C band 36 K_u band 2 L band

Ekspress AM7 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ7 meaning Express AM7) is a Russian communications satellite operated by the State Company for Satellite Communications.

Astrium, which had become part of Airbus Defence and Space by the time of the satellite's launch, constructed Ekspress AM7, which was based on the Eurostar 3000 satellite bus.^[4] The satellite has a mass of 5,720 kilograms (12,610 lb) and a planned operational lifespan of 15 years. The satellite carried 62 transponders: 24 operating in the C band of the electromagnetic spectrum, 36 in the Ku band and 2 in the L band. ^[1]

Khrunichev was contracted to launch Ekspress AM7, using a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket - the same configuration that had failed to deploy the similar Ekspress AM4 and Ekspress AM4R. The launch took place from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at 22:05 UTC on 18 March 2015. The satellite was deployed into the planned geostationary transfer orbit.

References

1 2 "Express AM7". RSCC. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
↑ Bergin, Chris. "Russian Proton-M launches with Ekspress-AM7 mission". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "EXPRESS AM7 Satellite details 2015-012A NORAD 40505". N2YO. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ "Express AM4R and Express AM7". Airbus Defense and Space. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

Ekspress satellites

Ekspress	11L 12L

Ekspress-A	A1 A1R A2 A3

Ekspress-AM	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM4R AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM11 AM22 AM33 AM44 AMU1

Ekspress-AT	AT1 AT2

Ekspress-MD	MD1 MD2

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March	ABS-3A · Eutelsat 115 West B – WADIS-2 – MMS – Ekspress AM7 – USA-260 / GPS IIF -9 – KOMPSat-3A – IGS-Optical 5 – Soyuz TMA-16M – Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 – IRNSS-1D – BeiDou I1-S – Gonets-M 11, 12, 13 · Kosmos 2504

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September	Soyuz TMA-18M – MUOS-4 – Galileo FOC-5, FOC-6 – TJSSW-1 – Gaofen 9 – Ekspress AM8 – XY-2 · Tiantuo-3 · ZDPS 2A, 2B · Xiwang-2 × 6 · DCBB · LilacSat-2 · NUDT-Phone-Sat · Xingchen × 4 · NS-2 · Zijing × 2 – Kosmos 2507, 2508, 2509 / Strela-3M × 3 – Pujian-1 · Tianwang 1A, 1B, 1C – Astrosat · LAPAN-A2 · ExactView 9 · Lemur-2 × 4 – BeiDou I2-S – NBN-Co 1A · ARSAT-2

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Ekspress AM7

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