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Техническая трансляция запуска космических аппаратов «Экспресс АМУ-3» и «Экспресс АМУ-7»

12 декабря 2021 года с космодрома Байконур в 15:09 по московскому времени запланирован парный запуск космических аппаратов «Экспресс-АМУ7» и «Экспресс-АМУ3»...

Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit 200/39 (200L) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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.

Updates

spacevogel • Dec. 14, 2021, 6:24 a.m.

Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 11, 2021, 3:43 a.m.

Cleared for launch by Roscosmos.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 10, 2021, 2:55 p.m.

Earliest new launch date reported by Rogozin.


Proton-M Briz-M

Family: Proton / UR-500
Configuration: Briz-M

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    4
  • Length
    53.0 m
  • Diameter
    7.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    712 T
  • Thrust
    10000 kN
Family
  • Name
    Proton-M Briz-M
  • Family
    Proton / UR-500
  • Variant
    Briz-M
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Proton-M Briz-M
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    21000 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    4500 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

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Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy Founded: 1916 Successes: 179 Failures: 15 Pending: 1

Agency Type: Government

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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