Express-103 is an Express series communications satellite designed to operate in geostationary orbit as part of the satellite constellation of FSUE Space Communications.
Name of Satellite | Express-103 |
Purpose | Communications |
Contractor | ISS Reshetnev/Thales Alenia Space |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 2 150 |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Perigee (km) | 35 781 |
Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | 15 |
Date of Launch | 30.07.2020 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Proton M |
COSPAR Number | 2020-053B |
NORAD Number | 45986 |
Communications Satellite was accompanied with C, Ku and L-band transponders. Containable area of Russia’s wide range is seen from the satellite’s positions in Ku-band, north of India with neighbouring countries and South-East Asia in Ku band.