Ekspress-AM 7 (original) (raw)
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekspress-AM 7 | 2015-012A | 18.03.2015 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) |
Further Ekspress missions:
- Ekspress 1, 2 [MSS-2500-GSO]
- Ekspress 40
- 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 5-1
- Ekspress-AMU 5-2
- Ekspress-AMU 6
- Ekspress-AMU 7 [Ekspress-1000NTP]
- Ekspress-AMU 8
- Ekspress-AT 1 [Ekspress-1000NTP]
- Ekspress-AT 2 [Ekspress-1000K]
- Ekspress-AT 3
- Ekspress-AT 4
- Ekspress-MD 1, 2
- Ekspress-RV 1, ..., 4