Ekspress AM8

Ekspress-AM8
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	FGUP
COSPAR ID	2015-048A
SATCAT №	40895
Mission duration	15 years planned

Bus	Ekspress-1000NTB
Manufacturer	ISS Reshetnev Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass	2,100 kilograms (4,600 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	14 September 2015, 19:00:00 (2015-09-14UTC19Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	Proton-M/Blok DM-03
Launch site	Baikonur 81/24
Contractor	Khrunichev

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Longitude	14° West
Epoch	Planned

Transponders
Band	24 C band 12 Ku band 2 L band

Ekspress AM8 (Russian: Экспресс АМ8) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2015. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications.

References

↑ Bergin, Chris (14 September 2015). "Russian Proton M successfully launches Ekspress-AM8". Retrieved 15 September 2015.

External links

Ekspress satellites

Ekspress	11L 12L

Ekspress-A	A1 A1R A2 A3

Ekspress-AM	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM4R AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM11 AM22 AM33 AM44 AMU1

Ekspress-AT	AT1 AT2

Ekspress-MD	MD1 MD2

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January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' x 2 · AESP-14) \| MUOS-3 \| SMAP · FIREBIRD II A · FIREBIRD II B · GRIFEX · ExoCube

February	IGS-Radar Spare \| Inmarsat 5-F2 \| Fajr \| DSCOVR \| Progress M-26M \| Kosmos 2503

March	ABS-3A · Eutelsat 115 West B \| WADIS-2 \| Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission \| Ekspress AM7 \| USA-260 \| KOMPSat-3A \| IGS-Optical 5 \| Soyuz TMA-16M \| Galileo FOC-3 · Galileo FOC-4 \| IRNSS-1D \| BDS I1-S \| Gonets M-18 · Gonets M-19 · Gonets M-20 · Kosmos 2504

April	SpaceX CRS-6 · AggieSat 4 · Bevo 2 · Arkyd-3A · Flock-1e x 14 \| Thor 7 · SICRAL-2 \| TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT \| Progress M-27M

May	Mexsat-1 \| USA-261 · LightSail-A · USS Langley · BRICSat-P · ParkinsonSat · GEARRS-2 · AeroCube 8A, 8B · OptiCube 1, 2, 3 \| DirecTV-15 · Sky Mexico 1

June	Kosmos 2505 \| Sentinel-2A \| Kosmos 2506 \| Gaofen 8 \| SpaceX CRS-7 (Flock-1f x 8)

July	Progress M-28M \| UK-DMC 3 x 3 · CBNT-1 · DeOrbitSail \| USA-262 \| Star One C4 · MSG-4 \| Soyuz TMA-17M \| USA-263 \| BDS M1-S · BDS M2-S

August	HTV-5 (SERPENS · S-CUBE · Flock-2b x 14 · AAUSAT 5 · GOMX 3) \| Eutelsat 8 West B · Intelsat 34 \| Yaogan 27 \| GSAT-6 \| Inmarsat 5-F3

September	Soyuz TMA-18M \| MUOS-4 \| Galileo FOC-5 · Galileo FOC-6 \| TJSSW-1 \| Gaofen 9 \| Ekspress AM8 \| ZDPS-2A · ZDPS-2B · Xiwang-2 x 6 · XY-2 · DCBB · LilacSat-2 · Tiantuo-3 · NUDT-Phone-Sat · Xingchen x 4 · NS-2 · Zijing x 2 \| Kosmos 2507 · Kosmos 2508 · Kosmos 2509 \| Pujiang-1 · Tianwang 1 x 3 \| Astrosat · LAPAN-A2 · ExactView 9 · Lemur-2 x 4 \| BDS I2-S \| NBN-Co 1A · ARSAT-2

October	Progress M-29M \| Mexsat-2 \| Jilin-1 x 4 \| USA-264 \| APStar-9 \| Türksat 4B \| Tianhui 1C \| USA-265

November	Chinasat 2C \| HiakaSat · EDSN x 8 · PrintSat · Argus · STACEM · Supernova-Beta \| Yaogan 28 \| Arabsat 6B · GSAT-15 \| Kosmos 2510 \| LaoSat-1 \| Telstar 12V \| Yaogan 29

December	LISA Pathfinder \| Kosmos 2511 · Kosmos 2512 \| Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e x 12 · CADRE · MinXSS 1 · Nodes x 2 · STMSat 1 · SIMPL) \| ChinaSat 1C \| Elektro-L No.2 \| Kosmos 2513 \| Soyuz TMA-19M \| TeLEOS-1 · VELOX C1 · VELOX 2 · Kent Ridge 1 · Galassia · Athenoxat-1 \| DAMPE \| Galileo FOC-7 · Galileo FOC-8 \| Progress MS-1 \| Orbcomm-2 x 11 \| Ekspress AMU1 \| Gaofen 4

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Ekspress AM8

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