Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38745
Int'l Code: 2012-044B
Perigee: 270.0 km
Apogee: 4,634.8 km
Inclination: 49.9 °
Period: 137.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 8823 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 14202.80309254 .00004601 15140-5 14190-3 0 3920
2 38745 049.9211 077.8317 2473431 268.4099 063.4823 10.47482010 73553
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS MD2
