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Ekspress AM8
Russian communications satellite. Ekspress AM8 was launched on September 14, 2015 aboard a Proton-M/DM-3 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-048ANORAD 40895Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ekspress AM-8
- Common name
- Ekspress AM8
- Payload designation
- Ekspress AM-8 No P001
- International designator
- 2015-048A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40895
- GCAT identifier
- S40895
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/763
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Ekspress AM
- Owner
- KosSvyaz
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
- Platform (bus)
- Ekspress-1000HTB
Launch
- Date
- September 14, 2015 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-048Success
- Rocket
- Proton-M/DM-3
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,832 km
- Apogee
- 35,863 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2022
Size
- Mass
- 2,163 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,900 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 15.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14131609 (CC0).