The Russian communications satellite “Express-AM8″ came into the proper orbit, separated from the upper stage “DM-03″, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency.
«Express AM8″ delivered the calculated orbit, and later will be gradually transferred to the calculated point of standing on geostationary “, – said the source RIA” Novosti “.
«Express-AM8» – the new Russian spacecraft medium-scale, developed by JSC “Information Satellite Systems” named after MF Reshetnev “(JSC” ISS “) at the request of the national satellite operator Federal State Unitary Enterprise” Russian Satellite Communications “(RSCC).
The spacecraft “Express-AM8″ was created in accordance with the federal target program “Development of broadcasting in Russia in 2009-2015″ and the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015.
The satellite is designed to provide television and radio broadcasting, data transmission, multimedia services, providing presidential and governmental communications, telephony, mobile communication in the territory of western and central Russia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, South and North America.
«AM8 Express” is based on a modern platform “Express-1000HTB». Equipment placed on the Honeycomb platform, which in turn are mounted on izogridnuyu (“wafer”), the central tube. The platform used solar panels based on three-stage gallium-arsenide solar cells, lithium-ion batteries Saft VES 180 (manufactured by the French company Saft) and stationary plasma thrusters SPD-100 for correction in longitude and latitude. One of the features of the platform is a combined system of thermoregulation, which applies fully redundant fluid circuit.
The weight of the spacecraft “Express-AM8″ is about 2.1 thousand. kilograms. The satellite is equipped with 42 active transponders operating in C-, Ku- and L-band, and can accommodate up to fifteen years of active existence in orbit.
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