Ekspress-AM33
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Ekspress-AM33
Express-AM33
| Names | Экспресс-АМ33 Ekspress-AM33 Express-AM33 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-003A |
| SATCAT no. | 32478 |
| Website | eng |
| Mission duration | 10-12 years (planned) 17 years, 1 month and 25 days (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Ekspress-AM33 |
| Spacecraft type | KAUR |
| Bus | MSS-2500-GSO[1] |
| Manufacturer | NPO PM (bus) Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
| Launch mass | 2,600 kg (5,700 lb)[1] |
| Dry mass | 605 kg (1,334 lb) |
| Power | 4410 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 January 2008, 00:18:00 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Entered service | 14 April 2008 [3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[4] |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 96.5° East (2008–present) |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 17 transponders: 10 C-band 6 Ku-band 1 L-band |
| Coverage area | Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Middle East |
Ekspress-AM33 (Russian: Экспресс-АМ33, meaning Express-AM33) is a Russian domestic communications satellite. It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia. To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and the Middle East.[1]
The satellite has a total of 17 transponders, was 10 C-band, 6 Ku-band and 1 L-band transponders. The Ekspress-AM33 Russian domestic communications satellite, built by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (NPO PM) for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space.[5]
