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Express AM3
Communications satellite. Express AM3 was launched on June 24, 2005 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-023ANORAD 28707Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Ekspress AM-3
- Common name
- Express AM3
- Payload designation
- Ekspress AM-3 No. V001
- International designator
- 2005-023A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28707
- GCAT identifier
- S28707
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/479
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Ekspress AM
- Owner
- KosSvyaz
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Ekspress
Launch
- Date
- June 24, 2005 · 19:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-023Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,763 km
- Apogee
- 35,814 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 2, 2022
- End of operations
- Mar 4, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 2,555 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 Q1384804 (CC0).