Success
Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
Communications
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center(KhSC)Government
Proton-M Briz-M
GTOorbit
The Ekspress-AMU 3 and Ekspress-AMU 7 are two communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft themselves are built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Thales Alenia Space. Both satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000 bus and feature 16 Ku-, 1 L- and 20 C-band transponders. They will be located at 96.5° and 145° East respectively.
Monday, December 13, 2021 at 12:07 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,168
KhSC Mission
#188
Pad Launch
#166
Location Launch
#1,528
Designator
2021-123
Launch Window
NET
Dec 13, 2021, 12:07 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Proton-M Briz-M Specs
Length
53 m
Diameter
7.4 m
Launch Mass
712 t
Thrust
10,000 kN
LEO Capacity
21,000 kg
GTO Capacity
4,500 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2001
Fastest Turnaround
11d 21h
Total Launches
68
Successful
62
Failed
6
Consecutive Success
19
Maiden flight: Apr 7, 2001
Social Flight Log
- Dec 14, 2021, 6:24 AM
Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.
Source - Dec 11, 2021, 3:43 AM
Cleared for launch by Roscosmos.
Source - Dec 10, 2021, 2:55 PM
Earliest new launch date reported by Rogozin.
Source - Dec 9, 2021, 5:32 PM
Launcher rolling back to HIF due to upper stage problem.
Source - Nov 24, 2021, 7:05 AM
New launch time.
Source - Nov 18, 2021, 6:27 AM
Moved to December 12.
Source - Nov 9, 2021, 3:02 PM
New launch time.
Source
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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
Dec 13, 2021, 5:07 PM
Total Launches
1,563
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Founded
1916
Administrator
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Total Launches
193
Successful
178
Failed
15
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
4