Two Russian spacecraft of Express-Am Communications will be launched in the next one and a half years

Two Russian spacecraft communications of the Express-Am series will be sent to orbit in the next one and a half years, the general designer and general director of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Based in Zheleznogorsk Krasnoyarsk Systems of Reshetnev named after Reshetnev Nikolay Testedov told Interfax .

Recall, on August 18, 2011, the telecommunications satellite "Express-Am4" was brought to an unlimited orbit . According to experts, in the cyclogram of the acceleration unit, the temporary interval of the gyro -stabilized platform has unreasonably “narrowed”, which led to an orientation error when performing maneuver.

According to Testedov, in accordance with the approved schedules, the launch of the Express-AM5 satellite is scheduled for December 2012, Express-AM6 will be launched in the second quarter of 2013.

The general constructor also said that ISS continues the production of the Express-AM8 telecommunication satellite and two devices for direct television broadcasting Express-AT1 and Express-AT2. “Their creation has been successful from the moment of signing the contract. Therefore, we have no doubt about the implementation of this program,” he emphasized.

The term of the active existence of the Express-AM5 and Express-Am6 satellites, weighing up to 3.4 tons each, will be 15 years. They are built on the basis of the Express-21 platform for the development of ISS.

"Express-AM5" will work in a geostationary orbit in a position of 140 degrees. V. and have 84 transponders (30 C-band, 40 KU-band, 12 KA-band and 2 L-band), and "express-am6"-in a position of 53 degrees. V. d. and have 72 transponders (14 C-band, 44 KU-band, 12 KA-band and 2 L-band).

As expected, the Express-AM8 satellite will be brought to a geostationary orbit at a standing point of 14 degrees. Z.D. 24 transponders of the C-band, 16 transponders of the KU-band and two L-band transponders will be installed on board the device.

The Express-AT1 device will function at a standing point of 56 degrees. V.D. And to have 32 transponders of the Ku band, the Express-AT2 satellite will work in a position of 36 degrees. V.D. And have 16 transponders of the Ku band.