EXPRESS MD2

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EXPRESS MD2 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 38745

Int'l Code: 2012-044B

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   26228.38650354  .00036272  47826-5  62828-3 0  9993
2 38745  49.8244 228.7232 1552086 335.5942  17.8405 12.47065657568315

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC