Express-AM6
ISS Reshetnev
The Express-AM6 telecommunication satellite provides a wide range of high-quality telecommunications services, including digital TV and radio broadcasting and Internet access.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 3,360 kg
- Design life
- 15 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
- 16200 W
- Mass
- 3360 kg
- Lifetime
- 15 year
- Orbit
- GEO
- Orbit height
- 36000 km
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-M carrier rocket and Briz-M upper stage (onboard propulsion for orbit raising)
- Cosmodromes
- Baikonur
- First launch date
- 21 October 2014
About
The Express-AM6 telecommunication satellite is designed to provide a wide range of high-quality telecommunications services, including multiprogram digital TV and radio broadcasting and Internet access for millions of people across Russia, as well as government users and commercial customers. This satellite carries 11 antennas and 72 active transponders operating in the C-, Ku-, Ka- and L-band. It is based on the Reshetnev Company heavy-class Express-2000 platform and has a 15-year designed lifespan. Express-AM6 was orbit raised to reach its geostationary orbital slot, utilizing its electric propulsion to raise itself from the transfer orbit to the target orbital slot of 53 degrees East.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.