Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:31:19 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5528 ever
Mission
Express-AMU1 is high-capacity communications satellite which will provide coverage of the European part of the Russian Federation in Ku and Ka bands. Stationed at 36 degrees east in Geostationary Orbit the 5700kg craft will be equipped with up to 70 transponders. The satellite is powered by 2 solar arrays and has an expected lifetime of 15 years.
Deployed payloads · 1