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Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7

Proton-M/Briz-M

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7

Type: Communications

The Ekspress-AMU 3 and Ekspress-AMU 7 are two communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft themselves are built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Thales Alenia Space.

Both satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000 bus and feature 16 Ku-, 1 L- and 20 C-band transponders. They will be located at 96.5° and 145° East respectively.

Trajectory

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Location

200/39 (200L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

1541 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M – Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

  • Family: Proton / UR-500
  • Length: 53 m
  • Diameter: 7.4 m
  • Launch Mass: 712 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 21000 kg

The Proton-M Briz-M was manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center with the first launch on 2001-04-07. Proton-M Briz-M has 61 successful launches and 6 failed launches with a total of 67 launches.

Agency

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center – KhSC

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: KhSC
  • Administration: Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
  • Founded: 1916
  • Launchers: Proton | Rokot
  • Country: RUS

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O' Neill
1 year ago

2 more satellites coming up folks hope all goes well for our Russian space friends.

Judy
Judy
1 year ago

Great launch and graphics its times like this we should, have learned Russian in school.