Sunday, July 30, 2017

Ekspress AM-22

 2003-060A


Built by NPO PM with Alcatel Space comms payload module. Spacecraft EAM22 No. 3001; launch with Proton 410-04 and 11S861-01 No. 13L for GP KS. AM 22 will go to 53E.

AM22 uses the new 727M SESAT bus with serial number 3002. Eutelsat leases 12 Ku-band transponders on AM22, a package named Sesat-2.

Launch mass 2542 kg. Payload mass is 596 kg.


Ekspress AM 22 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Dec 28  2300:00s  Launch by Proton-K/DM  KB 
  T+2:06 St 1 sep 
  T+3:03 GO sep 
  T+9:34 St 3 MECO 
 2309:44 T+9:44 St 3 sep  188 x 203 x 51.6 
2003 Dec 29  0013:26 T+1:13:26 DM MES-1 
 0020:33 T+1:20:33 MECO-1 
 0530? SOZ sep 
 0530:18 T+6:30:18 MES-2  633.41 242 x 35864 x 48.64  
 0534:05 T+6:34:05 MECO-2 
 0534:20 T+6:34:20 DM sep  
2004 Jan 4    1440.72 35868 x 35885 x 0.01 GEO 84.4E-1.1W 
2004 Feb 10    1436.08 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 53.0E 
2004 Aug 11    1436.05 35742 x 35828 x 0.0 GEO 53.0E 
2006 Jul 22    1436.11 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 53.0E 
2008 Feb   Gyros failed, out of service temporarily 
2008 Feb 4    1436.08 35779 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 53.0E 
2015 Jul 7    1436.08 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 53.0E 
2015 Jul 8   Move out 
2015 Aug 13   Move in at 80E 
2015 Sep 1    1436.05 35783 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 80.1E 

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