EXPRESS MD2

Track EXPRESS MD2 now!
10-day predictions
EXPRESS MD2 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 38745

Int'l Code: 2012-044B

Perigee: 269.1 km

Apogee: 4,214.5 km

Inclination: 49.9 °

Period: 132.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 8612 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   17177.84209011 +.00003316 +20031-5 +10071-3 0  9992
2 38745 049.9087 352.1571 2290465 279.8646 055.3034 10.86140486188230

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC