Proton | Ekspress AM-3
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Launch Window
June 24, 2005, 7:41 p.m. - June 24, 2005, 7:41 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
June 24, 2005, 7:41 p.m. - June 24, 2005, 7:41 p.m.
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.
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.
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