Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38745
Int'l Code: 2012-044B
Perigee: 265.1 km
Apogee: 4,488.0 km
Inclination: 49.9 °
Period: 135.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 8754 km
Launch date: August 6, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38745U 12044B 15057.53981222 .00019245 20254-5 55696-3 0 9991
2 38745 049.8985 279.0981 2411756 340.6033 011.6447 10.59844458 96694
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS MD2
