Mission type Communication COSPAR ID 2000-013A Rocket Proton-K/DM-2M Launch mass 2,500 kg Launch date 12 March 2000 Bus KAUR | Operator Kosmicheskiya Svyaz Mission duration 7 years
(Extended) Contractor Khrunichev Launch mass 2,500 kg Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | |
Manufacturers Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev, Thales Alenia Space Similar Superbird‑B2, INSAT‑3B, N‑SAT‑110, INSAT‑3C, Yamal 201 | ||
Ekspress A2 (Russian: Экспресс meaning Express), also designated Ekspress 6A and sometimes erroneously called Ekspress 2A, is a Russian communications satellite which is operated by Kosmicheskiya Svyaz. It was constructed by NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki and Alcatel Space and is based on the MSS-2500-GSO satellite bus. Launch occurred on 12 March 2000, at 04:07 GMT. The launch was contracted by Khrunichev, and used a Proton-K/DM-2M carrier rocket flying from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
It is part of the Ekspress network of satellites.
Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in geosynchronous orbit at 103° East, from where it provides communications services to Russia. It is equipped with seventeen transponders.
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