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Payload / Mission

Ekspress AM-3

Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

The Ekspress-AM 2 and 3 series are communications satellites for russian domestic communication services. The lifetime of the spacecraft has been increased to 12 years. While the spacecraft itself is built by russian RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz), the communication payloads are built by Alcatel.