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Express 4A
Russian communications satellite. Express 4A was launched on June 10, 2002 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-029ANORAD 27441Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ekspress A1R
- Common name
- Express 4A
- Payload designation
- Ekspress-A No. 4
- International designator
- 2002-029A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27441
- GCAT identifier
- S27441
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/416
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Ekspress A
- Owner
- KosSvyaz
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Ekspress
Launch
- Date
- June 10, 2002 · 01:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-029Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 36,102 km
- Apogee
- 36,171 km
- Inclination
- 0.21°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2017
- End of operations
- Jan 9, 2020
Size
- Mass
- 2,600 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14559239 (CC0).