Geostationary
NORAD ID: 33595
Int'l Code: 2009-007A
Perigee: 35,787.3 km
Apogee: 35,800.0 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
Launch date: February 11, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Express AM44, weighing 5,582 pounds [2,532 kg] at launch, will use its own propulsion system to park itself at its permanent home in geostationary orbit at 11 degrees west longitude. The craft will eventually replace the aging Express A3 satellite at that orbital location, which serves customers across Russia, former Soviet states, Europe, Asia and Africa. The satellite carries a communications payload of 16 Ku-band, 10 C-band and a single L-band transponder. The gear is designed to provide digital television and radio broadcasting, data networking, videoconferencing and Internet services for at least 12 years.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33595U 09007A 13342.75406995 -.00000097 00000-0 10000-3 0 3455
2 33595 000.0156 358.5518 0001512 264.7582 074.8496 01.00272073 17702
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS AM-44
