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Ekspress-AM 8
Ekspress-AM 8 [ISS Reshetnev]
The Ekspress-AM 8 is a communications 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.
The Express-AM8 Ekspress-1000NTB based satellite will generate 5.9 kilowatts of end-of-life power to a payload consisting of 24 C-band, 12 Ku-band and 2 L-band transponders.
Ekspress-AM8 was originally to be launched in 2012 or 2013 into RSCC’s 14 degrees west orbital slot, but was delayed to 2015. It used a Proton-M Blok-DM-03 launch vehicle to be inserted directly into geostationary orbit.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz) |
| Contractors: | ISS Reshetnev (Bus), Thales Alenia Space (TAS) (Payload) |
| Equipment: | 24 C-band, 12 Ku-band, 2 L-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Ekspress-1000NTB |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays 5.9 kW (EoL), batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 2100 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekspress-AM 8 | 2015-048A | 14.09.2015 | Ba LC-81/24 | Proton-M Blok-DM-03 |
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
