Russia Launched its Second Express AM11 Satellite

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) successfully launched its second "Express AM11" satellite this week on a Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The satellite is equipped with 32 C-band transponders (including 6 onboard spares) and 6 Ku-band transponders (2 spares), along with a fixed antenna and two mobile spotbeam antennas. It will be used for television, telephone and data transmission services over an area spanning Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Asia. Two additional Express AM satellites are planned.



Alcatel Space supplies Express AM satellite payloads to prime contractor NPO-PM. Collaboration between France and Russia started a dozen years ago through industrial agreements between Alcatel and NPO-PM. http://www.alcatel.com