Luch 5kh-3 (Olymp-K 13) is a Russian geostationary satellite built for the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian Federal Security Service.
Name of Satellite | Luch 5kh-3 (Olymp-K 13) |
Purpose | Communications |
Contractor | ISS Reshetnev |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 1 930 |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Perigee (km) | 35 776 |
Date of Launch | 12.03.2023 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Proton |
COSPAR Number | 2023-031A |
NORAD Number | 55841 |
Luch 5kh-3 Communications Satellite is based on the ‘Express-1000NTA’ ISS Reshetnev bus with a launch mass of about 3000 kg. It will probably receive the designation ‘Kosmos’ after launch. It is reported that it will be located at 167° East longitude. The buses were reportedly repurposed from cancelled communications satellite projects, probably following the Yamal 300K and Yamal-500 satellites.