Ekspress AM6
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| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | FGUP |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-064A |
| SATCAT № | 40277 |
| Mission duration | 15 years planned |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Ekspress-2000 |
| Manufacturer | ISS Reshetnev MDA Corporation |
| Launch mass | 3,358 kilograms (7,403 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 October 2014, 15:09:32 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Proton-M/Briz-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur 81/24 |
| Contractor | Khrunichev |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Longitude | 53° East |
| Perigee | 35,774 kilometres (22,229 mi)[2] |
| Apogee | 35,799 kilometres (22,244 mi)[2] |
| Inclination | 0.36 degrees[2] |
| Period | 1436.1 minutes[2] |
| Epoch | 18 March 2015, 16:26:01 UTC[2] |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 14 C band 44 Ku band 12 Ka band 2 L band |
Ekspress-AM6 (Russian: Экспресс АМ6) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications.
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