new russian satellite Express AM4R

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Transport aircraft AN-124-100 Ruslan on Friday, April 18, 2014 shipped to the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) Russian telecommunications satellite Express AM4R. The satellite will now start preparing for the carrier rocket Proton.

Express AM4R fabricated and supplied the European company EADS Astrium based on the order FGUP "Cosmicheskaya svjazi" under the Federal Space Program of Russia for the period 2006 to 2015. Informed Roskosmos.

Cosmic apparatus weighing about 5770 kg is based on the Eurostar E3000 platform and is equipped with transponders in C, Ku, Ka and L band to ensure coverage of all Russia and CIS countries. The satellite will be parked on one of the important positions of Russia - 80 ° E.

Let Proton M rocket with a Breeze M upper stage and satellite Express AM4R is scheduled for May 2014.

[khan.noman33]

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