EXPRESS MD2

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EXPRESS MD2 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 38745

Int'l Code: 2012-044B

Perigee: 271.6 km

Apogee: 4,125.8 km

Inclination: 49.9 °

Period: 131.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 8569 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   18228.91381756  .00007008  32831-5  21025-3 0  9999
2 38745  49.8923  24.5852 2248736  73.2114 310.1974 10.94346061233658

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC