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Ekspress AM8

Russian communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q14131609

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
communications satellite, geostationary satellite[3]
Country
Russia[2]
Launch date
2015-09-14
Part of
Ekspress[6]
Country of origin
Russia[8]
Launch vehicle
Proton-M
Manufacturer
JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev[5]
Mass
2,100 kg[16]
Operator
Russian Satellite Communications Company[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[9]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Significant event
rocket launch[13]
Space launch vehicle
Proton-M[7]
Space tug
Blok DM-03[14]
Spacecraft bus
Ekspress-1000NTB[12]
Start point
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24[15]
Type of orbit
geostationary orbit[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
September 14, 2015[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ekspress AM8 en Ekspress-AM 8 de Express AM8 ru Экспресс-АМ8
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Экспресс АМ8.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID
2015-048A
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12dpx6f33
SCN
40895

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
communications satellite, geostationary satellite
Space launch vehicle 2
Proton, Proton-M
Country 1
Russia
Country of origin 1
Russia
Manufacturer 1
JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
Operator 1
Russian Satellite Communications Company
Part of 1
Ekspress
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space tug 1
Blok DM-03
Spacecraft bus 1
Ekspress-1000NTB
Type of orbit 1
geostationary orbit
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Summary

Ekspress AM8 is a communications satellite[1].

Related Entities

Blok DM-03 communications satellite Ekspress Ekspress-1000NTB geostationary satellite Proton Proton-M Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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