Ekran 2 |
Russia |
Spacecraft n°: |
Russia spacecraft n°: |
| Designation | 10365 / 77092A |
| Launch date | 20 Sep 1977 |
| Launch site | B, LC-200/40 |
| Launch vehicle | Proton-K/Blok-DM (#65) |
| Mission | Telecommunications |
| Geostationary orbit on: | |
| Prime contractor | NPO Prikadnoy Mekaniki (PM) |
| Platform | Ekran |
| Operator | |
| Mass at launch | 1970 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | dia: 2m, height: 5m |
| Solar array | |
| Stabilization | 3-axis |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime | 3 yrs |
| Out of service: | yes |
| Cause: | The satellite broke up in GEO because of a nickel-hydrogen battery explosion on 23 Jun 1978. [The Soviets photographed the explosion accidentally. No other space power noted the explosion - the Russians revealed that the satellite had exploded at a conference in Moscow in February 1992.] |
| Main transponders | 1 |
| Backup transponders | 1 |
| Power | 200 W |
| Bandwidth | 24 MHz |
| Coverage | CIS and part of Asia |
| EIRP | 55.5 dBW |
| Frequencies |
Uplink:
C-band (6 GHz) Downlink: 714 MHz |
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