EXPRESS MD2

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EXPRESS MD2 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 38745

Int'l Code: 2012-044B

Perigee: 269.5 km

Apogee: 3,359.4 km

Inclination: 49.9 °

Period: 122.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 8185 km

RCS: 6.3056 m² (large)

Launch date: August 6, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

EXPRESS MD2 was intended to relay data and communications across Russia. The craft was manufactured by Khrunichev and Thales Alenia Space for the Russian Satellite Communications Co., a state-owned spacecraft operator that serves Russia and neighboring countries. The satellite has been placed in a wrong orbit by a Proton-M Russian launcher.

1 38745U 12044B   24140.47001086  .00054926  47355-5  11968-2 0  9997
2 38745  49.8527 230.3582 1887406  27.3380 341.5167 11.72300184469007

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC