Ekspress-AM44

It belongs to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) based in Moscow, Russia.To provide of communications services (digital television, telephony, videoconferencing, data transmission, the Internet access, presidential and governmental mobile communications) and to deploy satellite networks by applying Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to Russia.The communications payload was built by the French company Thales Alenia Space.The launch took place at 00:03:00 UTC on 11 February 2009, from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.[2] The Ekspress-103 satellite entered in service at orbital position 11° West on 25 March 2021, where it replaced Ekspress-AM44.
CommunicationsRussian Satellite Communications CompanyCOSPAR IDSATCAT no.MSS-2500-GSONPO PMThales Alenia SpaceProton-MBriz-MBaikonurSite 200/39Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterGeocentric orbitGeostationary orbittranspondersC-bandKu-bandL-bandEkspress constellationEkspress-AM33Ekspress-MD1Russiancommunications satelliteMoscowVery-small-aperture terminalInformation Satellite Systems ReshetnevKosmicheskaya Svyazlaunch vehicleBaikonur CosmodromeKazakhstangeostationary transfer orbitapogee motorEkspress-103EkspressList of Ekspress satellites← 2008Orbital launches in 20092010 →USA-202Orion 6Sohla-1Koronas-FotonNOAA-19Progress M-66Hot Bird 10Spirale-ASpirale-BTelstar 11NKeplerSTS-119ITS S6USA-203Soyuz TMA-14USA-204Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2RISAT-2ANUSATSICRAL 1BUSA-205Progress M-02MSTS-125HerschelPlanckProtoStar 2TacSat-3PharmaSatAeroCube-3HawkSat-1Meridian 2Soyuz TMA-15LCROSSMEASAT-3aGOES 14Sirius FM-5TerreStar-1Kosmos 2451Kosmos 2452RazakSATSTS-127JEM-EFProgress M-67DubaiSat-1Deimos-1UK-DMC 2Nanosat-1BAprizeSat-3AprizeSat-4AsiaSat 5USA-206JCSAT-RAOptus D3STSat-2ASTS-128Leonardo MPLMPalapa-DUSA-207 / PANMeteor-M No.1Sterkh-2SumbandilaSatUGATUSATUniversitetsky-Tatyana-2Nimiq 5Oceansat-2Rubin 9.1Rubin 9.2BeeSat-1ITU-pSat1SwissCube-1USA-208STSS-Demo 1USA-209STSS-Demo 2Soyuz TMA-16WorldView-2Progress M-03MThor 6PROBA-2Progress M-MIM2Shijian 11-01STS-129ExPRESS-1ExPRESS-2Intelsat 14Eutelsat W7Intelsat 15USA-211Kosmos 2456Kosmos 2457Kosmos 2458Helios IIBSoyuz TMA-17DirecTV-12