Onboad Failure Strikes Express-AM1

Since April 24, 2010, the orbital incline of the Express-AM1 satellite has been impossible to keep due to a failure on the satellite

The Express-AM1 satellite was delivered to GEO 40 East in October 30, 2004. The satellite was developed on order of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) by NPO Prykladnaya Mechanica named after Academician Reshetnev (today ISS Reshetnev) together with the Japan company NEC/TOSHIBA Space Systems.  The satellite carries 9 transponders in C-band (40 MHz), 18 transponders in Ku-band (54 MHz) and 1 transponder in L-band (0.5 MHz). Its operational life-time on GEO is designed of 10 years, the station keeping accuracy +/- 0.05 (N&S/E&W).

The Express-AM1 satellite is designed to provide multiservice package, digital TV, telephony, video-conferencing, data transfer, Internet access, mobile communications as well as to establish VSAT networks.

The Express-AM1 footprints cover the European part of Russia, CIS, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and India.