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Ekspress AT2

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Operator
  
FGUP

SATCAT no.
  
39613

Rocket
  
Proton-M/Briz-M

Bus
  
Ekspress

COSPAR ID
  
2014-010B

Mission duration
  
15 years planned

Launch date
  
15 March 2014

Mission type
  
Communications satellite

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Launch mass
  
1,326 kilograms (2,923 lb)

Manufacturer
  
Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

Similar
  
Ekspress AT1, Ekspress AM5, Ekspress AM6, Ekspress, Ekspress AM7

Ekspress AT2 (Russian: Экспресс АT2) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications. It is based on the Ekspress-1000K satellite bus manufactured by JSC Information Satellite Systems. Its mass at launch is 1326 kg, and the power allocated to the payload is about 2850 watts. The satellite carries 16 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite TV to western and central Russia, as well as western and central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years.

References

Ekspress AT2 Wikipedia