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1996 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Ekspress 2

successProton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 2

The Ekspress series spacecraft for Data transmission, TV & radio-broadcasting, communications, Internet, video-conference closely resembled the Gals spacecraft and shared a similar spacecraft bus. Ekspress was to replace the widely used Gorizont spacecraft, and plans called for deployments at 13 locations (40 degrees, 53 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, 96.5 degrees, 99 degrees, 103 degrees, 140 degrees, 145 degrees, 205 degrees, 322.5 degrees, 346 degrees, and 349 degrees, all East longitude) for domestic needs and to support the Intersputnik Telecommunications Association.

Overview

Date / time
September 26, 1996 at 05:50 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
200/39 (200L)
Mission
Ekspress 2
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Proton-K/DM-2M →
Launch provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center →

Payloads deployed · 1

EXPRESS 2
GEO