Ekspress-AMU1
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Ekspress-AMU1 (Russian: ), also known as Eutelsat 36C, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus for its Ekspress constellation. It massed at launch, had a power production capacity of 15 kW and a 15-year design life. Its payload is composed of 61 Ku-band and 10 Ka-band transponders.
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- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Proton-M
- space tug
- Briz-M
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2015-12-24
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200
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Ekspress-AMU1 (Russian: ), also known as Eutelsat 36C, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus for its Ekspress constellation. It massed at launch, had a power production capacity of 15 kW and a 15-year design life. Its payload is composed of 61 Ku-band and 10 Ka-band transponders.
== Eutelsat 36C == Eutelsat leased much of its capacity broadcasting and Internet service provider for Russia and Sub-Saharan Africa, and positioned it in the 36° East under the Eutelsat 36C designation. It is part of the Ekspress constellation of RSCC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ekspress-AMU1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.