Ekspress-AMU7

Ekspress-AMU7 (Russian: Экспресс-АМU7, meaning Express-AMU7) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying VSAT technology to Russia. Replacement for Ekspress-A4.^[2]

Ekspress-AMU7

Names	Экспресс-АМU7 Ekspress-AMU7 Express-AMU7
Mission type	Communications
Operator	RSCC
COSPAR ID	2021-123B
SATCAT no.	50002
Website	https://eng.rscc.ru/
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 2 years, 11 months, 24 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Ekspress-AMU7
Spacecraft type	Ekspress
Bus	Ekspress-1000N
Manufacturer	ISS Reshetnev (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload)
Launch mass	1,980 kg (4,370 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	12 December 2021, 12:07 UTC
Rocket	Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	4 May 2022
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	145° East
Transponders
Band	37 transponders: 16 C-band 20 Ku-band 1 L-band
Coverage area	Russia
Ekspress constellation ← Ekspress-AMU3 Ekspress-AMU4 →

Satellite description

The satellite has a total of 37 transponders, of which 16 C-band, 20 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders.^[3] The Ekspress-AMU7 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (ISS Reshetnev) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space, in Italy.

Launch

Ekspress-AMU7 was launched on a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle on 13 December 2021, at 12L07 UTC, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.^[4]

Mission

Ekspress-AMU7 was launched with Ekspress-AMU3.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• Ekspress-AMU3

References

1. "Ekspress-AMU3, -AMU7". Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
2. "Russian rocket deploys Express comsats into high-altitude orbit". Spaceflight Now. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
3. "Запуск космических аппаратов "Экспресс АМУ-3" и "Экспресс АМУ-7"" [Launch of the spacecraft "Express AMU-3" and "Express AMU-7"]. Roscosmos. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
4. "Спутники "Экспресс-АМУ3" и "Экспресс-АМУ7" запустят 8 ноября" [The satellites "Ekspress-AMU3" and "Ekspress-AMU7" will be launched on November 8] (in Russian). TASS. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.