EXPRESS AM-44

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EXPRESS AM-44 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 33595

Int'l Code: 2009-007A

Perigee: 35,773.8 km

Apogee: 35,813.9 km

Inclination: 2.6 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 26.2622 m² (large)

Launch date: February 11, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

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.

1 33595U 09007A   25195.41428777 -.00000082  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 33595   2.5908  82.6273 0004753  27.8786 320.1519  1.00271500 48892

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC