"Express AM6" successfully launched for 53E slot!

[shawl_who]

Moscow, Russia – The Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully launched the Express AM6 satellite into orbit today. The vehicle lifted off at 7:09 p.m. Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This was the 6th launch of the Proton vehicle this year and the 399th mission since its inaugural flight in 1965.

The Express AM6 telecommunications satellite was built by ISS Reshetnev and will provide services to Russia, Central Europe and the Middle East. The Proton vehicle is manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Space Production Center of Moscow, one of the cornerstones of the global space industry.

Proton Successfully Launches The Express AM6 Satellite | International Space Fellowship


* Ku steerable beam 1 and 2 have upper north India coverage
** C band beam also has some coverage near kashmir region

For footprints : http://rscc.ru/space/future/33/?PHPSESSID=e4aaa726fb2fde15bb51b50982ee09b7

 

[vijay mahanta]

Any chances of Russian beam in India ?

 

[shawl_who]

nope :s

 

[jenius-jatt]

Good update shawl bro, So two Ku steerable beam are coming with good signal up to Delhi, I am already getting Express-AM22 @ 53*East in the same lnb of yasat-1 at 52*East

 

[shawl_who]

yeah bro... lets see if some gud chnls start on these beams :win

 

[sukhsandhu]

jenous bro ....apke pass he koe 4 ft ki dish.jo ap bechna chahty ho...??