Ekspress-AT 1

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Launch data: Designation  39612 / 14010A Launch date  15 March 2014 - 23:08 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC-81/24 Launch vehicle  Proton-M/Briz-M Mission  Communication (Direct Broadcasting) Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35791 x 35797 km Eccentricity   Inclination  0.0 ° Period  1436.1 min

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Description:

• The Ekspress-AT 1 is a Direct-To-Home broadcasting satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payload is built by Thales Alenia Space.
• Express-AT1 will generate 5.6 kilowatts of power for its 32 Ku-band transponders and operate at 56 degrees east. It will replace the Bonum 1 satellite.

Mission details:

• Russia's Krunichev company launched a Proton rocket on Mar 15, 2014 carrying two satellites built by ISS Reshetnev of Krasnoyarsk for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz (Russan Satellite Communications Co.) The Ekspress-AT1 satellite has a mass of 1672 kg.
  The satellites carry Ku-band comm payloads and will be located at 56E and 140E. On Mar 27 AT1 was in a 35701 x 35903 km x 0.1 deg orbit drifting over 70E.

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