Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
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.
Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7
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.
Proton-M Briz-M
Height 53.00 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 4500 kg
Liftoff Thrust 10000 kN
Diameter 7.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 21000 kg
Liftoff Mass 712 Tonnes
Launch Success 61
Consecutive Success 19
Maiden Flight 2001-04-07
Launch Failures 6
Updates
spacevogel
2021-12-14T06:24:46+0000
Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-12-11T03:43:31+0000
Cleared for launch by Roscosmos.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-12-10T14:55:21+0000
Earliest new launch date reported by Rogozin.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-12-09T17:32:31+0000
Launcher rolling back to HIF due to upper stage problem.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-11-24T07:05:24+0000
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-11-18T06:27:19+0000
Moved to December 12.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-11-09T15:02:28+0000
New launch time.
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