EXPRESS-AM5

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EXPRESS-AM5 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39487

Int'l Code: 2013-077A

Perigee: 35,793.0 km

Apogee: 35,796.3 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 26, 2013
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

EXPRESS-AM5 is a geostationary satellite that provides digital television and radio broadcasting, telephone, video conferencing, data transmission and Internet services. The satellite is also used for mobile communications among between the Russian president and other government leaders. Express AM5 carries 40 Ku-band, 30 C-band, 12 Ka-band and two L-band transponders. The satellite is designed for a 15-year lifetime and will be positioned in geostationary orbit at 140 degrees east longitude, covering Russia's Far East, Southeast Asia and Australia. Such an orbit allows the spacecraft to remain in a fixed location in the sky for users on the ground.

1 39487U 13077A   24260.97524061 -.00000289  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 39487   0.0253 179.6615 0000399  60.6920 247.1631  1.00268585 39935

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC