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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsProton-M/Briz-M
Launched 2021-12-13 12:07 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
131st
orbital launch attempt in 2021
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
2nd
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
144 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
The Ekspress-AMU 3 and Ekspress-AMU 7 are two communications satellite for russian domestic communication services. While the spacecraft themselves are built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Thales Alenia Space.
Both satellites are based on the Ekspress-1000 bus and feature 16 Ku-, 1 L- and 20 C-band transponders. They will be located at 96.5° and 145° East respectively.
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
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scheduled
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Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.
spacevogel
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Cleared for launch by Roscosmos.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Earliest new launch date reported by Rogozin.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launcher rolling back to HIF due to upper stage problem.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Moved to December 12.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
53m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,000kN
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