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Express AM1
Communications satellite. Express AM1 was launched on October 29, 2004 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2004-043ANORAD 28463Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ekspress AM-1
- Common name
- Express AM1
- International designator
- 2004-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28463
- GCAT identifier
- S28463
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/464
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Ekspress AM
- Owner
- KosSvyaz
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Ekspress
Launch
- Date
- October 29, 2004 · 22:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2004-043Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,794 km
- Apogee
- 35,938 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 24, 2010
- End of operations
- Aug 14, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 2,542 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 Q1384795 (CC0).