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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterProton-M Blok DM-0381/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Ekspress AM8
Launched
September 14, 2015
Summary
Ekspress-AM8 launched on a Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Proton-M Blok DM-03 from 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on September 14, 2015. It was Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's 174th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,493rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Proton-M Blok DM-03 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Ekspress AM-8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 35,823 × 35,896 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Пуск РКН Протон-М с КА Экспресс-АМ8Роскосмос ТВ
- Vehicle
- Proton-M Blok DM-03 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Proton-M Blok DM-03 flight · 1st this yearKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's 174th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,493rd orbital launch attempt51st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Ekspress AM-8 · NORAD 40895 · 2015-048 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-048A
- Epoch
- 2015-09-16 14:02:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00037149 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008591
- Inclination
- 0.0427°
- Ascending node
- 30.528°
- Arg. of perigee
- 186.3206°
- Mean anomaly
- 77.7774°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Ekspress AM-8 · NORAD 40895 · in orbit
Blok DM-03 No. 5L · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Ekspress-AM8 is an ISS Reshetnev communications satellite for the Russian Satellite Communications Company with C-, Ku- and L-band transponders at 14° West; the Blok DM-03 upper stage delivered it directly into geostationary orbit.
Pad
81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
81st launch from 81/24 (81P), 1st this year · 1,455th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
93 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
273 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanOpen in maps
Questions
When did Ekspress-AM8 launch?
Ekspress-AM8 launched on September 14, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Ekspress-AM8?
Coverage: Пуск РКН Протон-М с КА Экспресс-АМ8. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Ekspress-AM8?
Proton-M Blok DM-03, flown by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. Proton-M Blok DM-03 spec sheet
Where did Ekspress-AM8 launch from?
81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did Ekspress-AM8 reach?
Ekspress AM-8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 35,823 × 35,896 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did Ekspress-AM8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).