Launch Overview
Vehicle
Proton-K/DM-2M
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC200/39
Outcome
Success
Flight
410-08
COSPAR Designator
2004-043
Mission
Ekspress AM-1 (Communications)
The Ekspress-AM 1 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads is built by NEC.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Proton-K/DM-2M
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Agency launches
109 (7 YTD)
Site launches
1230 (15 YTD)
Pad launches
96 (5 YTD)