Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-AMU3 & AMU7

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.

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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.

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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 62

Consecutive Success 19

Maiden Flight 2001-04-07

Launch Failures 6


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Updates

spacevogel

2021-12-14T06:24:46+0000

Both satellites successfully deployed into target orbits.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-12-11T03:43:31+0000

Cleared for launch by Roscosmos.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-12-10T14:55:21+0000

Earliest new launch date reported by Rogozin.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-12-09T17:32:31+0000

Launcher rolling back to HIF due to upper stage problem.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-11-24T07:05:24+0000

New launch time.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-11-18T06:27:19+0000

Moved to December 12.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-11-09T15:02:28+0000

New launch time.

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