Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Thu, 13 Oct 1994 16:19:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3938 ever
Mission
The Ekspress series spacecraft for Data transmission, TV & radio-broadcasting, communications, Internet, video-conference closely resembled the Gals spacecraft and shared a similar spacecraft bus. Ekspress was to replace the widely used Gorizont spacecraft, and plans called for deployments at 13 locations (40 degrees, 53 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, 96.5 degrees, 99 degrees, 103 degrees, 140 degrees, 145 degrees, 205 degrees, 322.5 degrees, 346 degrees, and 349 degrees, all East longitude) for domestic needs and to support the Intersputnik Telecommunications Association.