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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-M Briz-M · EUTELSAT 36C
Launched 2015-12-24 21:31:19 UTC81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
86th
orbital launch attempt in 2015
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
4th
launch this year
81/24 (81P)
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
11 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
Express-AMU1 is high-capacity communications satellite which will provide coverage of the European part of the Russian Federation in Ku and Ka bands. Stationed at 36 degrees east in Geostationary Orbit the 5700kg craft will be equipped with up to 70 transponders. The satellite is powered by 2 solar arrays and has an expected lifetime of 15 years.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1916 · Director Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Launches
193
Successful
178
92%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
53m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,000kN
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