Express
ISS Reshetnev
The Express satellite is a communications and broadcasting spacecraft developed by ISS Reshetnev, designed for a 5-year operational lifetime in Geostationary Earth Orbit.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 2,500 kg
- Design life
- 5 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
- 2400 W
- Mass
- 2500 kg
- Lifetime
- 5 years
- Orbit
- GEO
- Orbit height
- 36000 km
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K carrier rocket and DM upper stage
- Cosmodromes
- Baikonur
- First launch date
- 13 October 1994
About
The Express satellite is a communications and broadcasting spacecraft. It features an active attitude determination and control system (ADCS) and provides an electrical power system (EPS) output of 2400 W. The satellite has a mass of 2500 kg and is designed for a lifetime of 5 years. It operates in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) at an orbit height of 36000 km. The Express satellite was launched using a Proton-K carrier rocket and a DM upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with its first launch date on 13 October 1994.
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