Ekspress-AM11
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Ekspress-AM11 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ11, meaning Express-AM11) is a Russian communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia.[5]
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Names | Экспресс-АМ11 Ekspress-AM11 Express-AM11 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) |
COSPAR ID | 2004-015A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 28234 |
Website | eng |
Mission duration | 12 years (planned) 1.75 years (achieve) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM11 |
Spacecraft type | KAUR |
Bus | MSS-2500-GSO[1] |
Manufacturer | NPO PM (bus) Alcatel Space (payload) |
Launch mass | 2,542 kg (5,604 lb) |
Dry mass | 590 kg (1,300 lb) |
Power | 6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 April 2004, 20:37:00 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | 1 July 2004 [3] |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | April 2006 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[4] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 96.5° East (2004–2006) |
Transponders | |
Band | 30 transponders: 26 C-band 4 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia |
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