Express-AM6, Russia’s new heavy-class communications and broadcasting satellite (53˚E), is commissioned
22 April
2015
Located at
53˚
E, one
of RSCC’s
key orbital
slots, the
Express-AM6
satellite
will be able
to support
reliable
coverage of
Russia,
Europe, the
Middle East,
Africa, and
Asia. Thus,
from now on,
the RSCC’s
satellite
constellation
will be
11-strong
(including
seven
satellites
of the
Express-AM
series and
two DBS
satellites
of the
Express-AT
series).
"Express-AM6
has started
operation
according to
the schedule
and experts'
forecasts.
The Russian
constellation
development
not only
enhance the
reliability
of the
satellite
system, but
also helps
to protect
the orbital
slots," -
says the
Head of the
Russian
Federal
Communications
Agency Oleg
Dukhovnitsky.
The
commissioning
of the
Express-AM6
satellite
will cause
the
Express-AM22,
currently
operating at
53˚ E, to be
subsequently
transferred
to the 80˚
E
slot.
The Russian
Express-AM6
was
manufactured
on the
orders of
RSCC by the
Reshetnev
ISS Company,
JSC, in
conjunction
with the
Radio
Research
Institute
(Russia) and
MDA
Corporation
(Canada).
The
Express-AM6
has been
built in
keeping with
the Federal
Target
Program,
“Development
of TV/Radio
Broadcasting
in the
Russian
Federation
in 2009-2015”in
the
framework of
Russia’s
Federal
Space
Program up
to the year
2015. The
Express-AM6
satellite is
based on the
Express-2000
platform and
equipped
with 72
transponders
in the C-,
Ku-, Ka- and
L-bands
whose total
capacity
exceeds 2700
MHz). The
satellite
active
lifetime is
15 years.
The
Express-AM6
is intended
for TV/Radio
broadcasting
(including
the services
under the
Federal
Target
Program, “Development
of TV/Radio
Broadcasting
in the
Russian
Federation
in 2009-2015”),
high-speed
data
transmission
and
broadband
access to
information
resources
(in the
prospective
Ка-band),
multimedia,
telephony
and mobile
communications
in the
European
Russia,
Urals and
Western
Siberia.
The
Express-AM6
capacity is
planned to
be used for
international
projects to
meet the
requirements
of domestic
and
international
users in
Africa,
Europe and
the Middle
East.
The Russian
Satellite
Communication
Company
(RSCC)
is the
Russian
state
satellite
operator
whose
spacecraft
provide a
global
coverage.
RSCC was
founded in
1967 and
belongs to
the ten
largest
world
satellite
operators in
terms of
satellites
and orbital
slots. The
company
possesses
the largest
satellite
constellation
in Russia.
Satellites
located in
the orbital
arc from 14
West to 145
East and
cover the
whole
territory of
Russia, the
CIS, Europe,
the Middle
East,
Africa, the
Asia Pacific
region,
North and
South
America, and
Australia.
As the
national
satellite
operator,
RSCC meets
the
important
state tasks
on providing
mobile
presidential
and
governmental
communications,
federal TV &
Radio signal
transmission
over the
territory of
Russia and
the most
countries of
the world.
The company
pays serious
attention to
implementing
high-priority
national
projects and
closely
interacts
with the
Russian
state
authorities
in the field
of
informational
and
telecommunications
and
broadcast
systems
development.
RSCC
provides a
full range
of
communications
and
broadcasting
services
using its
own
terrestrial
engineering
facilities
and
satellite
constellation,
which
includes
state-of-the-art
satellites
Express-AM,
Express-AT,
Express-A,
and a part
of the
French
36A
satellite
capacity.
The
company’s
satellites
offer wide
opportunities
for TV &
radio
broadcasting,
broadband
Internet
access, data
transmission,
videoconferencing,
VSAT network
deployment,
as well as
departmental
and
corporate
communications
networks
worldwide.
RSCC has
deployed a
modern
ground
satellite
management
system that
is used to
control and
monitor the
company’s
own
satellites,
as well as
Eutelsat,
Intelsat,
etc.
satellites.
