Ekspress AM6

Ekspress-AM6
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	FGUP
COSPAR ID	2014-064A
SATCAT no.	40277
Mission duration	15 years planned


Bus	Ekspress-2000
Manufacturer	ISS Reshetnev MDA Corporation
Launch mass	3,358 kilograms (7,403 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	21 October 2014, 15:09:32 (2014-10-21UTC15:09:32Z) UTC^[1]
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 81/24
Contractor	Khrunichev


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Longitude	53° East
Perigee	35,774 kilometres (22,229 mi)^[2]
Apogee	35,799 kilometres (22,244 mi)^[2]
Inclination	0.36 degrees^[2]
Period	1436.1 minutes^[2]
Epoch	18 March 2015, 16:26:01 UTC^[2]


Transponders
Band	30 C band 40 K_u band 12 K_a band 2 L band

Ekspress-AM6 (Russian: Экспресс АМ6) is a Russian communications satellite which was launched in 2014. The satellite has replaced the older Ekspress-AM22, at 53° East. Part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications satellites, it is owned and operated by the Russian State Company for Satellite Communications.

The satellite has 30 C-band, 40 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.

List of providers

Company	Market	Website
RSCC	Russia and CIS	www.rscc.ru
Wide Network Solutions	Middle East and Europe	www.widenetworks.net

References

↑ Bergin, Chris (21 October 2014). "Russian Proton-M launches Ekspress-AM6 satellite – orbit unclear". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "EXPRESS-AM6 Satellite details 2014-064A NORAD 40277". N2YO. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

Ekspress satellites
List of Ekspress satellites
Ekspress	11L 12L
Ekspress-A	A1 A1R A2 A3
Ekspress-AM	AM1 AM2 AM3 AM4 AM4R AM5 AM6 AM7 AM8 AM11 AM22 AM33 AM44 AMU1
Ekspress-AT	AT1 AT2
Ekspress-MD	MD1 MD2

← 2013 · Orbital launches in 2014 · 2015 →
January	GSAT-14 – Thaicom 6 – CRS Orb-1 (Flock-1 × 28 · ArduSat-2 · Lituanica SAT-1 · LitSat-1 · SkyCube · UAPSat-1) – TDRS-L
February	Progress M-22M – ABS-2 · Athena-Fidus – Türksat 4A – USA-248 – GPM Core · Ginrei · KSAT-2 · INVADER · OPUSAT · STARS-II · TeikyoSat-3 · ITF-1
March	Ekspress AT1 · Ekspress AT2 – Astra 5B · Amazonas 4A – Kosmos 2494 – Soyuz TMA-12M – Shijian XI-06
April	USA-249 – Sentinel-1A – IRNSS-1B – Progress M-23M – Ofek-10 – USA-250 – EgyptSat 2 – SpaceX CRS-3 · KickSat · PhoneSat 2.5 · ALL-STAR/THEIA · SporeSat · TestSat-Lite – Luch 5V · KazSat-3 – KazEOSat 1
May	Kosmos 2495 – Ekspress AM4R – USA-251 – USA-252 – Kosmos 2496 · Kosmos 2497 · Kosmos 2498 · Kosmos 2499 – ALOS-2 · Raijin-2 · UNIFORM-1 · SOCRATES · SPROUT – Eutelsat 3B – Soyuz TMA-13M
June	Kosmos 2500 – Deimos-2 · KazEOSat 2 · Hodoyoshi 3 · Hodoyoshi 4 · AprizeSat 9, 10 · BRITE-Montreal · BRITE-Toronto · BugSat 1 · SaudiSat-4 · TabletSat-Aurora · UniSat-6 (AeroCube-6 · ANTELSAT · Lemur-1 · Tigrisat) · DTUSat-2 · Duchifat-1 · NanoSatC-Br 1 · PACE · Perseus-M × 2 · PolyITAN-1 · POPSAT-HIP-1 · QB50P1 · QB50P2 · Flock-1c × 11 – SPOT 7 · CanX-4 · CanX-5 · AISat · VELOX-I
July	OCO-2 – Gonets-M No. 8, 9, 10 – Meteor-M 2 · AISSat-2 · DX-1 · Relek · SkySat-2 · TechDemoSat-1 · UKube-1 – O3b × 4 (FM3, FM6, FM7, FM8) – CRS Orb-2 (Flock-1b × 28 · TechEdSat-4) – Orbcomm-2 × 6 – Foton-M No.4 – Progress M-24M – USA-253 · USA-254 · USA-255 – Georges Lemaître ATV
August	USA-256 – AsiaSat 8 – Yaogan 20 A, B, C – WorldView-3 – Gaofen 2 · Heweliusz – Galileo FOC-1 · Galileo FOC-2
September	Chuangxin 1-04 · Lingqiao – AsiaSat 6 – Yaogan 21 · Tiantuo 2 – MEASAT 3b · Optus 10 – USA-257 – SpaceX CRS-4 – Soyuz TMA-14M – Olimp-K – Shijian XI-07
October	Himawari 8 – IRNSS-1C – Intelsat 30 · ARSAT-1 – Yaogan 22 – Ekspress AM6 – Chang'e 5-T1 · 4M – Shijian 11-08 – Cygnus CRS Orb-3 (Arkyd-3 · Flock-1d × 26 · GOMX-2 · RACE) – Progress M-25M – USA-258 – Meridian 7
November	Sasuke · Hodoyoshi 1 · Kinshachi 1 · Tsukushi · Tsubame – Yaogan 23 – Yaogan 24 – Kuaizhou 2 – Soyuz TMA-15M – Kosmos 2501
December	Hayabusa2 · PROCYON · Shinen 2 · DESPATCH – Orion EFT-1 – DirecTV-14 · GSAT-16 – CBERS-4 – Yaogan 25 A, B, C – USA-259 – Yamal-401 – O3b × 4 (FM9 to FM12) – Kondor-E No.2 – IPM – Kosmos 2502 – Resurs-P No.2 – Yaogan 26 – Astra 2G – Fengyun 2-08
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ). Manned flights are bolded. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

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