Ekran
ISS Reshetnev
Ekran is a communications and broadcasting satellite developed by ISS Reshetnev, first launched on October 26, 1976.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 2,000 kg
- Design life
- 1 years
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- ADCS type
- active
- EPS power
- 1300 W
- Mass
- 2000 kg
- Lifetime
- 1 year
- Orbit
- GEO
- Orbit height
- 36000 km
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K carrier rocket and DM upper stage
- Cosmodromes
- Baikonur
- First launch date
- 26 October 1976
About
The Ekran satellite is a communications and broadcasting spacecraft designed and manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. It operates in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) at an altitude of 36,000 km. The satellite has an active attitude determination and control system (ADCS) and an electrical power system (EPS) providing 1300 W. With a mass of 2000 kg, Ekran was designed for a lifetime of 1 year. Its first launch took place on October 26, 1976, utilizing a Proton-K carrier rocket and a DM upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Documentation
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