NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1994-067A
Express 1 was a Russian geostationary communications spacecraft launched by a Proton-K booster from the Baykonur Cosmodrome. Express will replace the widely used Gorizont spacecraft, and current plans call for deployments at 13 locations (40 degrees, 53 degrees, 80 degrees, 90 degrees, 96.5 degrees, 99 degrees, 103 degrees, 140 degrees, 145 degrees, 205 degrees, 322.5 degrees, 346 degrees, and 349 degrees, all East longitude) just for domestic needs and to support the Intersputnik Telecommunications Association. A typical Express payload will include 10 C-band and two Ku-band transponders. Express 1 reached its checkout location of 70 degrees E at the end of October and was scheduled to be moved to 14 degrees W shortly after the start of 1995.
Launch Date: 1994-10-13
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 2500 kg
Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office