Ekspress-AT2
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Ekspress-AT2 () is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).
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- Instance of
- direct-broadcast satellite
- Part of
- Ekspress
- Country
- Russia
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Follows
- Ekspress-AT1
- Mass
- 1326
- Manufacturer
- JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Proton-M
- space tug
- Briz-M
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2014-03-15
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
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Ekspress-AT2 () is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in March 2014. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).
== Satellite description == It is based on the Ekspress-1000K satellite bus manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. Its mass at launch is , and the power allocated to the payload is about 3000 watts. The satellite carries 16 Ku-band transponders, providing satellite television to Western and Central Russia, as well as Western and Central Siberia, and almost all of Kazakhstan. The planned service life of the satellite is at least 15 years.
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