Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38745
Int'l Code: 2012-044B
Perigee: 269.6 km
Apogee: 4,634.6 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 14208.14665521 .00006403 15218-5 18958-3 0 3941
2 38745 049.9292 065.3427 2473633 278.7984 054.3067 10.47547493 74116
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for EXPRESS MD2
