NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Ekspress AM5

Launch Time
Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:49 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/Briz-M
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,900 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.18 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.26 m

Mission Details

Ekspress AM5

The Ekspress-AM 5 is a communications satellite for russian domestic communication services.

The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 15 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). It consists of 30 C-band, 40 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,358.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2013

80th orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

79th mission
10th mission of 2013
71st successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission