Express-AM3 is a Russian communications satellite of the Express series designed to operate in geostationary orbit as part of the satellite constellation of FSUE Cosmicheskaya Svyaz (RSCC).
Name of Satellite | Express-AM3 |
Purpose | Communications |
Contractor | NPO-PM/Alcatel |
Country of Contractor | Russia/France |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 2 600 |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Perigee (km) | 35 777 |
Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | 12 |
Date of Launch | 24.06.2005 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Proton K |
COSPAR Number | 2005-023A |
NORAD Number | 28707 |
The Express-AM3 was constructed in Reshetnev ISS on the basis of the Express-1000H platform, according to order of the Russian satellite communications operator FSUE Cosmicheskaya Svyaz, which used to restore its orbital constellation. Discounting the payload is made by Thales Alenia Space.