Communications
The Ekspress-AM 1 is a communications satellite 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 is built by NEC.
Orbital Attempt
#4,683
KhSC Mission
#109
Pad Launch
#96
Location Launch
#1,230
Designator
2004-043
Oct 29, 2004, 10:11 PM
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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
Oct 30, 2004, 4:11 AM
Total Launches
1,564
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
