Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Ekspress 3

 2000-013A


Intersputnik's Ekspress A2 will be stationed at the 80E Ekspress 6A location. The satellite was built for Gos. pred. Kosmicheskaya Svyaz (GPKS)lthe Intersputnik operator.

The second Ekspress A Russian communications satellite was successfully launched on Mar 12 by a Krunichev Proton-K from Baykonur. Ekspress A No. 2 will be assigned to the Ekspress 6A slot at 80E, providing communications for GO Kosmicheskaya Svyaz. The Ekspress A is built by NPO PM, with a communications payload from Alcatel. The spacecraft is also known as Ekspress 14.

Launch mass was 2600 kg.


Ekspress A2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Mar 12  0407:00  Launch by Proton/DM  KB 
 0416  Stage 3 MECO 
 0416  Stage 3 sep  195 x 227 x 51.6 
 0417? Upper adapter sep 
 0524? Transfer orbit perigee 
 0524?  DM 2M No 10L MES-1 
  MECO-1  222 x 35702 x 48.7 
 1038?  DM MES-2 
 1038? DM MECO-2 
 1039:48  DM sep 
2000 Mar 13    1432.43 35687 x 35741 x 0.2 GEO 92.2E+0.9E 
2000 Mar 21    1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 96.6E 
2000 Apr 17    1436.17 35780 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 96.4E 
2000 Apr 27    1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 96.5E 
2000 Apr 30   mv out 
2000 May 11    1439.03 35816 x 35871 x 0.1 GEO 80.1E+0.7E 
2000 May 26    1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 80.2E 
2003 Nov 6    1436.10 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 80.0E 
2005 Oct 17    1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 80.1E 
2005 Oct 17   Move out 
2005 Nov 7  Move in at 103.0E 
2006 Aug 3   1436.12 35778 x 35796 x 0.6 GEO 103.0E 
2014 Jun 24    1436.13 35628 x 35945 x 7.2 GEO 103.1E 
2014 Jun 28   Move out 
2014 Aug 29   Move in at 145E 
2014 Aug 29    1436.10 35723 x 35850 x 7.4 GEO 145.2E 
2015 Oct 26    1436.12 35698 x 35875 x 8.1 GEO 144.9E 

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