Communications
The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Alcatel.
Orbital Attempt
#4,720
KhSC Mission
#114
Pad Launch
#100
Location Launch
#1,240
Designator
2005-023
Jun 24, 2005, 7:41 PM
1 update
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Local Launch Time
Jun 25, 2005, 1:41 AM
Total Launches
1,564
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
