Launch Overview
Vehicle
Proton-K/DM-2
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC200/39
Outcome
Success
Flight
410-07
COSPAR Designator
2005-023
Mission
Ekspress AM-3 (Communications)
The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites 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 are built by Alcatel.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Proton K/DM-2
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Agency launches
114 (4 YTD)
Site launches
1240 (8 YTD)
Pad launches
100 (3 YTD)