Ekspress-AT1 explained

Ekspress-AT1
Names List:Экспресс-АT1
Express-AT1
Mission Type:Communications
Operator:Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
Cospar Id:2014-010A
Satcat:39612
Mission Duration:15 years (planned)
(in progress)
Spacecraft:Ekspress-AT1
Spacecraft Type:Ekspress
Spacecraft Bus:Ekspress-1000H
Manufacturer:ISS Reshetnev
Power:5.880 kW
Launch Date:15 March 2014, 23:08:00 UTC
Launch Rocket:Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 81/24
Launch Contractor:Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered Service:22 April 2014
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit[1]
Orbit Regime:Geostationary orbit
Orbit Longitude:56° East (2014–present)
Apsis:gee
Trans Band:32 Ku-band
Trans Coverage:Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan
Insignia Size:200px
Programme:Ekspress constellation
Previous Mission:Ekspress-AM5
Next Mission:Ekspress-AT2

Ekspress-AT1 (Russian: Экспресс-АT1) is a Russian Direct-To-Home broadcasting satellite which was launched on 15 March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).

Satellite description

It is based on the Ekspress-1000H satellite bus manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. Its mass at launch is, and the power allocated to the payload is about 5.880 kW. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite television to Western and Central Russia, as well as Western and Central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years.[2] [3]

Launch

It was launched, with Ekspress-AT2 communications satellite, on 15 March 2014 at 23:08:00 UTC, from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Site 81/24 in the framework of Russian Federal Space Program for 2006–2015, approved by the Government Decree No. 635 signed on 22 October 2005 by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

Mission

Express-AT1 was launched into orbit on 15 March 2014. The commercial operation of the satellite started on 22 April 2014.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Express-AT1. N2YO.com. 22 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Proton-M successfully lofts Express-AT satellite duo. Chris Bergin. NASASpaceFlight.com. 15 March 2014. 23 April 2021.
  3. Web site: "Триколор ТВ" в ожидании апреля. comnews.ru. 21 March 2014. 22 March 2014.
  4. Web site: Satellite Ekspress-AT1. RSCC. 23 April 2021.